Elon Musk has hit back at Saturday Night Live after he was mocked in a sketch lampooning last week’s Oval Office spat, branding the skit ‘lies.’
Musk, 53, called out the skit after an X user re-posted the clip along with the musing, ‘I can’t imagine the kind of person who finds this funny.’
‘Humor fails when it lies,’ Musk replied.
Musk famously said last year that ‘free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy’ and last month he called to ‘legalize comedy’ after blasting the left for being unable to take a joke.
‘We’re trying to get good things done but also have a good time doing it and you know, have a sense of humor,’ the controversial DOGE head said at the Conservative Political Action Conference. ‘The left wanted to make comedy illegal, you know? You can’t make fun of anything. Comedy sucks! Nothing’s funny! You can’t make fun of anything! It’s like, legalize comedy!’
On the latest episode of SNL, Musk was portrayed by a chainsaw-wielding Mike Myers in a political sketch that riffed off the made-for-TV White House showdown between President Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
Elon Musk has hit back at Saturday Night Live after he was mocked in a sketch lampooning last week’s Oval Office spat, branding the bit ‘lies’
Musk, pictured at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month, expressed his displeasure with the sketch on X
Comedian James Austin Johnson took on the part of Trump, opening the show with: ‘I’d like to welcome President Zelensky here to this incredible trap.
‘It’s going to be a big, beautiful trap, and we’re going to attack him very soon for no reason, right?’
Mikey Day took on the role of Zelensky, alongside Bowen Yang who portrayed an overzealous Vice President JD Vance.
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Johnson’s Trump made jokes over the Zelensky’s outfit inside the Oval Office, saying: ‘Who shows up to the White House in a t-shirt and jeans like a garbage person.’
Right on cue, Mike Myers appears as Elon Musk in the background, wearing his signature ‘tech support’ t-shirt and black jeans while revving a red chainsaw.
The power saw was similar to the one Musk appeared on stage with at CPAC last month.
SNL’s Trump hilariously adds: ‘Elon we love your outfit, very official and very respectful. And I love when he gets that chainsaw right to my head.’
Fake Elon then jokes that the Oval Office belongs to him before breaking out in shouts of ‘legalize comedy’.
The work of DOGE is then pointed out, with Johnson saying: ‘They’re doing mᴀss firings in the government.
‘We love mᴀss firings because you don’t have to know what any of their names are or what exactly they do.’
As part of the shows cold opening, a tongue-in-cheek voice over kicked off proceedings as it described the meeting between the two as going ‘really, really well’
Bowen Yang portrayed an overzealous Vice President JD Vance during the cold opening
Myers’ Musk responds: ‘I mean, we’re not going to get it perfect, you know, we are firing the non essential employees, like air traffic controllers.’
The show then ripped into some of the employees of DOGE who have been unmasked as being as young 19 years old.
Fake Trump wheels out one DOGE ’employee’ known as ‘big balls’, who tells the office: ‘This week I fired a black general a woman admiral. It was awesome!
‘And in addition to DOGE, we’ve started another initiative called the Department of Undoing Child Health care and Education, or DOUCHE.’
Myers rips on a red chainsaw, similar to the one Musk appeared on stage with at CPAC last month
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The yelling match that unfolded on Friday was unlike anything ever seen inside the Oval Office
Myers as Musk hilariously responds: ‘DOUCHE is going to be epic! DOUCHE is going to really clean everything out well.’
Fake Trump then caps off the cold open by announcing he would releasing the Epstein Files.
‘And to cap off an amazing week, we’re going to finally release the Epstein Files. Yes, America is going to see all the names, from A to S. No T,’ he insists.
The show also included Shane Gillis in his second time hosting, alongside musical guest Tate McRae.
Gillis had previously hosted the show last year after being ousted from SNL in 2019 over racist and homophobic remarks.
Myers had replaced his longtime SNL castmate, and fellow Wayne’s World star, Dana Carvey in being Musk. Carvey took up the role after Trump won last year’s election.
The real Musk had posted on his platform X criticizing Carvey’s portrayal of him at the time, writing: ‘Dana Carvey, just sounds like Dana Carvey.’
The show ripped into some of the employees of DOGE who have been unmasked as being as young 19 years old
Myers had replaced his longtime SNL castmate, and fellow Wayne’s World star, Dana Carvey in being Musk
Myers appeared with a chainsaw, much like Musk did at CPAC after being gifted one by Argentina’s President Javier Milei, seen here in the background
The yelling match that SNL poked fun at what was unlike anything ever seen publicly in the Oval Office. And it played out on TV screens across the world.
Zelensky flew to Washington DC amid peace talks between the US, Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Trump had asked for half Ukraine’s valuable underground minerals in return for continued US ᴀssistance.
But tensions between Zelensky, Trump and Vance exploded in full view of TV cameras Friday when Zelensky suggested the US will feel the impact of Putin’s invasion ‘in the future.’
The two leaders began shouting, with Trump accusing Zelensky of ‘gambling with World War Three’.
Vance then asked why Zelensky hadn’t thanked either of them for continued military support of Ukraine and slammed Zelensky for campaigning for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign last year.
After the argument, Zelensky was kicked out of the White House and peace talks have been suspended.
