Saturday Night Live opens with a special report from MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace (Kate McKinnon). Despite the myriad catastrophes currently plaguing us – fallout from the January 6 subpoenas, the ongoing war in Ukraine and a nationwide shortage of baby formula – the program opens with coverage of “the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Cuckoo Trial”.
We go to live coverage inside the courtroom, where Depp (Kyle Mooney) smirkingly testifies about Heard allegedly pooping in his bed. Depp’s lawyer asks to show surveillance footage of the house staff discovering the mess and the judge allows it, “Because it does sound fun and this trial is for fun.” After it plays, the judge says she believes Heard did it, but also that Depp – a self-proclaimed “full nightmare” – drove her to it. Before you know it, the sketch is over.
