The Cast Of SNL Is Already Bitching About Elon Musk Hosting The Show Because They're Upset About How Much Money He Has
Source - Knock, knock. Who’s there? Elon Musk. And the typically chucklesome cast of “Saturday Night Live” is not laughing.
Giggles turned to groans for some members of the “SNL” ensemble Saturday when NBC announced that Musk, 49, will helm their sketch comedy show as host alongside musical guest Miley Cyrus on May 8.
The polarizing tech tycoon — boasting a net worth of approximately $179 billion — punctuated his cryptic post with the grinning devil emoji to let his 52 million Twitter followers know he means business. But “Saturday Night Live” quipster Bowen Yang seemed to have hoped that Musk’s social-media memo was nothing more than a bad joke.
“What the f – – k does this even mean,” Yang, 30, questioned in an Instagram Story post attached to a screenshot of the SpaceX pioneer’s tweet. Fellow “SNL” jokester Aidy Bryant echoed Yang’s concerns about Musk — hailed the third richest person in the world, according to Forbes’ real-time billionaire billboard — and his forthcoming term as master of ceremonies.
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From Twitter:
“Saturday Night Live” writer-turned-trouper Andrew Dismukes, 25, joined the jibing, saying on Instagram, “Only CEO I wanna do sketch with is Cher-E Oteri” — a reference to the former “SNL” veteran. Yang, Bryant and Dismukes’ social-media shafts have since been deleted.
Spokespeople for the comedians did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Remember when SNL was about making jokes instead of political statements? Those were the days. You would tune into the show and actually laugh. I know that's hard to belive but it's true. Sometimes the jokes were so good you'd even read about them in the news the next day. Now the only headlines that come out of the show are from what the cast members say off air. It's sad too because there are still plenty of talented people at SNL, they're just overshadowed by the people who try and be woke. Like why do you think Aidy Bryant and Bowen Yang are mad about Elon Musk hosting the show? That's a serious question. Based on Aidy's Instagram story it's because he's too rich, which I can't even begin to wrap my head around...
There's also this...
The shady shots to Musk from “SNL” stars and habitués alike likely stems from the COVID-19 misinformation he touted at the onset of the pandemic. The engineering magnate digitally downplayed the deadly virus, calling panic induced by the outbreak “dumb” in March 2020.
He also wrongly predicted that there would be “close to zero new cases” by the end of last April. That same month, he demanded an end to pandemic closures.
Musk also came under fire for a foreboding Twitter missive in which he threatened to revoke stock options from Tesla employees if they moved to unionize. But the National Labor Relations Board forced him to remove the tweet.
God forbid the guy made a statement about the virus a year ago before anyone knew what it was. The most bizarre part of the whole thing is that Elon's show will be the highest rated of the year. Does the cast not want that? Do they even care about how well the show does or are they just cashing a paycheck hoping to not get canceled? It has to be the latter because any comedian with a brain would realize what a great opportunity for comedy it is having Elon on the show.
A few weeks ago Tim Dillon broke down what a disaster SNL has become in a clip posted to his YouTube. I posted that same clip below, but if it doesn't skip go to 13:13…
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The entire situation is just bizarre, man. Yeah maybe some of the cast doesn't agree with Elon's philosophy or politics or vision, but they should suck it up and express that in their comedy, not bitch about it in a social media post that they then delete six hours later. I'm not trying to sound like a cranky old man either, it's just annoying seeing guys who are actually funny, guys like Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett, fade into the background because their colleagues are too busy "taking a stand" against something the internet told them to get mad about. Alright I'm done. Now here's an old clip that's one of my favorites. Enjoy…
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