Alec Baldwin returned to the cold opening of “Saturday Night Live,” but not as President-elect Donald Trump (whom he impersonated for much of Trump’s first term), but instead as the new head of the Department of Health and Human Services. He returned as candidate Robert F. kennedy jr.
Mr. Kennedy, the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, ran for president as an independent this election cycle, but later dropped out and supported Mr. Trump.
Vaccine skeptics have previously said that a bear carcass was once dumped in Central Park, where parasites infected the brain.
“I’m a huge believer in a woman’s right to choose, to choose whether or not to give her child polio,” Baldwin said, as did Kennedy.
“Okay, I gotta go. There’s a dead dolphin in the car,” Kennedy added to Baldwin. “I think I’ll cut it in half and throw it in Central Park.”
Before Baldwin appeared as Kennedy, the “SNL” cold open saw cast members James Austin Johnson return as Trump and “SNL” legend Dana Carvey return as President Joe Biden. The two sat in the Oval Office and discussed the transition of power.
“Oh, I forgot how boring the president is,” Johnson told Trump. “I love running, I hate existing.”
“Come on, be a real man. This is a great place,” Mr. Carvey responded to Mr. Biden. “I have so many great memories here. Dr. Jill hosted foreign leaders. My dog attacked them all. I kept the party too united, so they united. “Wait a minute, maybe I don’t like this place either.” No,” he joked. ”
Mr. Johnson spoke on behalf of Mr. Trump about his Cabinet, calling them “the best people.”
“We have Elon and Matt Gaetz. It’s aliens versus predators,” Johnson told Trump. “There’s Kristi Noem and RFK Jr. They’re killing dogs, they’re killing bears. And Melania will be working remotely from her divorce.”
This week’s host and musical guest on “SNL” was Charlie XCX, the musician behind social media’s “brat” trend.
“People who know me may know me from my album ‘Brat,'” Charli XCX said in a monologue on the show. “But don’t worry if you’re not. There’s nothing wrong with being straight.”
