In the cold open of the Saturday, May 14 episode, "Saturday Night Live" mocks the ongoing Amber Heard/Johnny Depp defamation trial. The odd skit starts with Kate McKinnon as MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace who calls the trial "cuckoo." It only goes downhill from there, switching to a courtroom where Cecily Strong portrays an eager judge who is viewing the case, with its extreme and repeated allegations of domestic and sexual violence, as a fun diversion.
In half-heartedly attempting to talk about the problem of using domestic violence for entertainment, "SNL" makes itself part of the problem in a major way.
