Colin Jost’s Saturday Night Live tenure has mostly been known for his work on Weekend Update and his work behind the scenes as a writer, but thanks to his impression of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, that’s starting to change. The comedian made yet another appearance as the embattled official on this week’s show, and after another charismatic performance, a lot of us are starting to come to the same conclusion: he needs to appear in more sketches.
The sketch in question was the Cold Open, and it was structured like a press conference. Jost’s Hegseth gave a little opening speech and then answered questions from the press for most of the runtime. As usual, he talked fast, was endlessly combative and gave off the frat house energy we were all looking for before turning it over to James Austin Johnson to do his terrific Trump impression. You can watch the madness below…
