SNL’s Halloween Weekend Update Finally Weighs In on Israel
The Halloween edition of “SNL” Weekend Update featured a Pennywise cameo, Trump‑butt jokes, and a rare quip about Israel’s record voter turnout.
Whoa! The Halloween edition of “SNL” Weekend Update turned up the spooky and the political in one wild segment.
First, a surprise cameo saw Ben Marshall’s Pennywise make an appearance, setting a creepy tone for the night.
Co‑host Colin Jost then launched into a jab at President Trump’s recent obsession with candidates’ posteriors, shouting, Even Vice President JD Vance came out and said that he was jealous that President Trump has never complimented his butt. What the hell is going on! Your party is about to lose the midterms, stop playing ‘smash or pass’ with each other!
Later, during the same Weekend Update, Michael Che delivered a joke about Israel that made Jost grimace.
Che quipped, “This week, a record number of people voted in Israel’s election — which is great to see, regardless of if you’re on the right side, or the left side, or the genocide.”
The brief Israel reference stood out because, according to the source, the U.K. version of “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update has “lapped the U.S. version” by largely avoiding controversial topics like Israel, while its co‑hosts have mocked figures such as Ed Sheeran and Macklemore over their roles in the conversation surrounding Israel’s war on Gaza.
And this, it seems, is the best Jost and Che could finally come up with.
What a night of jokes, cameos, and a rare nod to international politics on the SNL stage!
