NBC’s Saturday Night Live Weekend Update co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che were at it again this past weekend. A week after joking about President Trump hypothetically getting shot again, they considered the possibility of Second Lady Usha Vance committing suicide to get away from Vice President JD Vance. Along the way, the duo would launch other outrageous attacks, including playing around with anti-Semitic puppeteering tropes and accusing the country of sexism.
Jost also declared that “President Trump did genuinely issue a post threatening to destroy Iran's entire civilization and ended with the phrase 'praise be to Allah' and I know that makes Trump sound like he is a radical terrorist, but remember, Trump has already been to a paradise with 72 virgins.”
Colin Jost and Michael Che had some more crazy bits on SNL including "President Trump did genuinely issue a post threatening to destroy Iran's entire civilization and ended with the phrase 'praise be to Allah' and I know that makes Trump sound like he is a radical terrorist, but… pic.twitter.com/8KDTHnnbNM
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Che then followed by returning to the idea that Netanyahu is some sort of puppet master, “There's growing confusion whether Israel being allowed to continue bombing Lebanon was part of the ceasefire with Iran. Ultimately that decision comes down to the man controlling our military: Benjamin Netanyahu.”
Shortly after, Jost turned to the ceasefire talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, “JD Vance was asked about Iran's right to enriched uranium, and he made kind of a weird analogy. Watch.”
In a clip, Vance explained that “My wife has the right to skydive, but she doesn't jump out of an airplane because she and I have an agreement she's not going to do that because I don't want my wife jumping out of an airplane.”
Not only was Jost confused by the analogy, he took it ten steps further, “What the hell are you talking about? Only thing that makes any sense in that entire analogy is that we can all understand JD Vance's wife having the urge to jump.”
Later, Che had a couple more, "The Justice Department has formed a task force intended to eradicate anti-Christian bias, which hopefully works better than the church's strategy of molesting it out of you" and "Yesterday, Kamala Harris said she was thinking about running for… pic.twitter.com/d1dlsvJxrk
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Later, in non-Iran-related news, Che turned to another one of SNL’s favorite topics, “The Justice Department has formed a task force intended to eradicate anti-Christian bias, which hopefully works better than the church's strategy of molesting it out of you.”
Che then turned to 2028 campaign news, “Yesterday, Kamala Harris said she was thinking about running for president again, and I like her chances as long as she finally grows that penis.”
If engaging in anti-Semitic puppeteering tropes is Che’s worst habit. His second worst is trying to find excuses for Harris’s failed 2024 campaign while attacking the country as racist or sexist. Meanwhile, the newest question arising from SNL is whether Jost and Che can go one week without joking about a Republican dying.
Here is a transcript for the April 11-12 show:
NBC Saturday Night Live
4/12/2026
12:15 AM ET
COLIN JOST: President Trump did genuinely issue a post threatening to destroy Iran's entire civilization and ended with the phrase “praise be to Allah” and I know that makes Trump sound like he is a radical terrorist, but remember, Trump has already been to a paradise with 72 virgins.
MICHAEL CHE: There's growing confusion whether Israel being allowed to continue bombing Lebanon was part of the ceasefire with Iran. Ultimately that decision comes down to the man controlling our military: Benjamin Netanyahu.
Earlier tonight, JD Vance announced that the U.S. and Iran have ended negotiations without a deal after talking 21 hours straight. And guys, I think they're done for real, based on how his mascara is running.
JOST: Before the talks fell apart, President Trump warned Iran about making any more demands, saying the Iranians don't seem to realize they have no cards. They're literally holding a strait.
JD Vance was asked about Iran's right to enriched uranium, and he made kind of a weird analogy. Watch.
JD VANCE: My wife has the right to skydive, but she doesn't jump out of an airplane because she and I have an agreement she's not going to do that because I don't want my wife jumping out of an airplane.
JOST: What the hell are you talking about? Only thing that makes any sense in that entire analogy is that we can all understand JD Vance's wife having the urge to jump.
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CHE: The Justice Department has formed a task force intended to eradicate anti-Christian bias, which hopefully works better than the church's strategy of molesting it out of you.
JOST: California police have arrested a man who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at the home of ChatGPT founder Sam Altman, after ChatGPT told him, "That's a great idea."
CHE: Yesterday, Kamala Harris said she was thinking about running for president again, and I like her chances as long as she finally grows that penis.
