During the opening segment of Weekend Update, Jost stated that NBC requested that they say “s-hole” instead of the actual curse word… before saying the actual word anyway, and then feigning embarrassment.
The pair even hosted a Weekend Update spinoff series this summer so the show could stay connected to the daily calamity happening in American politics.
Alongside hosts like Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers, Jost and Che have become an integral part of the late night pushback against Trump.
We’re living in a very strange time, and SNL is more than happy to engage with that strangeness in profane and hilarious ways.