Saturday Night Live opens on Fox News’s Ukrainian Invasion Celebration Spectacular, hosted by Tucker Carlson (Alex Moffat) and Laura Ingraham (Kate McKinnon), both of whom recently got a lot of heat for their pro-Russian punditry. Carlson kept asking “Why do we hate Putin? Aren’t liberals in America worse?” while Ingraham called the Ukrainian president “pathetic”.
Raising funds for Russian oligarchs affected by the west’s sanctions, the duo introduce a number of special guests, including former president Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), who mans the phone lines, ranting to a dial tone about Rhianna, whales, bread, beyond burgers and “reboot of Fresh Prince”; as well as naturalized Russian citizen and “puffiest action star in the world” Steven Seagal (Bowen Yang) and “America’s first couple” Kimberly Guilfoyle (Cecily Strong) and Donald Trump Jr (Mikey Day). The latter duo perform a Russian-themed version of Lady Gaga’s Shallow, before Trump Sr sends everyone home with a rendition of Sinatra’s My Funny Valentine dedicated to Vladimir Putin.
