SNLs Michael Che Weighs In On Elon Musk Hosting Controversy – Deadline

SNLs Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che seems to be taking the upcoming and controversial Saturday Night Live guest hosting appearance of worlds richest man Elon Musk in stride, suggesting to both Seth Meyers and Ellen DeGeneres that hes not among the cast members complaining.

Musk, whose mixed-message public comments about the Covid vaccine have drawn criticism as have his anti-union stances will guest host SNL this Saturday, a booking that wasnt exactly embraced by some cast members. When Musk posted a Twitter message about his upcoming appearance by asking Lets find out how live Saturday Night Live really is, cast member Bowen Yang responded, What the f*ck does this even mean?

SNLs Aidy Bryant then retweeted a message from Sen. Bernie Sanders calling out the moral obscenity of the fact that the 50 wealthiest people in America today own more wealth than the bottom half of our people.

SNLs Andrew Dismukes wrote on Instagram, Only CEO I wanna do sketch with is Cher-E Oteri.

But when an article in the New York Post alleged that SNL cast members wont be forced to appear alongside the Tesla billionaire, Che mocked the assertion on Instagram by referencing his Update co anchor: Does this rule mean I wont be forced to appear next to Colin anymore?!

On Mondays Late Night With Seth Meyers on NBC, Che was asked about Musks appearance by former SNLer Meyers. Yeah, you know, thats gonna be exciting, too, Che said, as if pressed. Hes the richest man in the world, how could you not be excited for that?

Later today, Che will guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and in a clip released prior to the episode, Che jokes, I was all on board with it till I found out did you know hes rich? Now Im like against it.

Joking aside, Che tells DeGeneres the show will be interesting, and that its cool that people care about whos on the show. Its been on for 46 years and people still care about whos being booked. I think thats kind of dope.

Watch the segments below. The Musk comments on Late Night arrive around the 3:33 mark, and on the Ellen show around the 7:47 mark.

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