Good God, SNL Went Dark With Will Ferrell as Jeffrey Epstein

"A Christmas Carol-inspired cold open begins with Donald Trump napping until the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein appears. Epstein, played by Will Ferrell, speaks in a mocking, sinister tone while referencing Trump’s low approval ratings. The sketch shifts from audience laughter to audible reactions as it escalates into darker material. Epstein describes an afterlife that is “really hot” and claims to spend time with figures including Joseph Stalin and John Wayne Gacy."

"“My approval rating's in the thirties!” Trump tells him. To which Epstein responds, “The thirties? Gross. Call me when it hits seventeen.” The live audience's slide from laughter to audible “whoas” sets the tone for the rest of the six-minute sketch. “Dark, very dark,” Johnson's Trump says. You know it's ballsy when Trump of all people acknowledge it as such."

"But SNL isn't playing with anyone's misery but Epstein's. Heaven is “really hot,” according to him, but he keeps busy with Wednesday mahjong with Joseph Stalin and John Wayne Gacy. “Oh, I just wrote for the Kevin Hart roast,” he adds, which is more of an inside baseball bit by the writers that got muted giggles but is still pretty funny."

"As for Trump, he previewed his summer ahead: the World Cup happening on U.S. soil (which will lead to a “Summer of Hell” for interstate commuters), the UFC Freedom 250 card taking place at the White House South Lawn in June, and Trump's own Hunger Games-I mean, Patriot Games. “Where high school athletes come from all over the country,” Trump explains. “Boi-oi-oi-oi-oing!” Epstein says. (Again: Dark.)"

A Christmas Carol-inspired cold open begins with Donald Trump napping until the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein appears. Epstein, played by Will Ferrell, speaks in a mocking, sinister tone while referencing Trump’s low approval ratings. The sketch shifts from audience laughter to audible reactions as it escalates into darker material. Epstein describes an afterlife that is “really hot” and claims to spend time with figures including Joseph Stalin and John Wayne Gacy. He also makes a joke about writing for a Kevin Hart roast. Trump previews upcoming summer events, including major sports and White House activities, while Epstein responds with increasingly grim punchlines.

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