"Bad Bunny kicked off the 51st season of "Saturday Night Live" with a few timely jokes about his next high-profile gig: the Super Bowl. "I think everybody is happy about it - even Fox News," the music superstar quipped in his monologue, referring to opposition in some quarters to his being named headliner of the Super Bowl halftime show. He segued into a few sentences in Spanish, expressing Latino pride and joy over the achievement, after which he noted: "If you didn't understand what I just said, you have four months to learn!" Bad Bunny will be making history by performing entirely in Spanish, a landmark moment for Latino culture."
"Launching a season that introduces some new faces in the cast, the show's cold open featured a sketch mocking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's presentation to generals earlier this week. "Weekend Update" host Colin Jost played Hegseth, highlighting the defense secretary's remarks in which he said it's "tiring to look out at combat formations or really any formation and see fat troops" and said it was unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals at the Pentagon. "No fatties, no facial hair, no body hair," Jost's Hegseth said. "Just hot, shredded hairless men who are definitely not gay ... Because this is serious, we are facing the greatest threat to freedom and democracy the world has ever known. And we all know what that threat is." "Late night TV!" replied James Austin Johnson as President Donald Trump, bursting in. "'SNL' 51 off to a rough start," Johnson's Trump added. "Seventeen new cast members and they got the 'Update' guy doing the open.""
Bad Bunny opened Saturday Night Live's 51st season with a monologue that included jokes about headlining the Super Bowl and a quip that even Fox News was happy. He spoke in Spanish to express Latino pride and told listeners that those who did not understand had four months to learn. Bad Bunny will perform entirely in Spanish at the halftime show, marking a landmark moment for Latino culture. The show's cold open satirized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, with Colin Jost portraying Hegseth and mocking remarks about "fat troops." James Austin Johnson appeared as President Trump. The season adds five new featured players amid multiple cast departures.
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