Weekend Update Slams ‘Woke’ Pope Accusations, Jokes About Trump’s Film Tariffs and Summer Movie Season

On May 10th during the “Weekend Update” segment of Saturday Night Live, hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che showed curiosity about Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who hails from Chicago, focusing on his American upbringing.

Additionally, it’s amusing that conservatives are criticizing this pope for being too progressive. But isn’t a 69-year-old man from Chicago hardly radical? It’s not as if he introduced himself saying, ‘Greetings, I’m Pope Leo the 14th, and I identify as gender fluid,'” Jost humorously suggested.

Following the presentation of an AI-generated photograph depicting President Donald Trump adorned as the head of the Catholic Church, Che quipped humorously: ” Frankly, I struggle to imagine any member of the Catholic Church taking interest in something so immature,” which promptly sparked uproar among the audience. Even Jost momentarily paused before responding further.

Last week, there’s been considerable uproar in Hollywood due to Che’s proposal of imposing a 100% tariff on foreign-made movies. However, Che seemed unfazed by this, stating that it wouldn’t affect him much since all the films he watches are filmed in a Florida condo on a leather couch.

The criticism of Trump over continued, particularly when he mentioned reviving Alcatraz as it symbolizes something terrifying and awe-inspiring, powerful yet wretched and feeble. Che humorously suggested that those descriptions could just as well be Trump’s nicknames for his five offspring.

After assuming my persona as The Movie Guy once more, I delved into a lively conversation about the latest blockbusters, “Sinners” and “A Minecraft Movie.” With an exciting sneak peek at “Jurassic World Rebirth,” featuring the talented Carley Sohanson (or so I jokingly called her, Scarlett Johansson), I couldn’t help but slip up on her name.

After Jost mentioned that Johansson is his spouse, Hernandez playfully retorted: “Well, mine is Rihanna!” Noticing the audience’s amusement, Jost humorously added: “I don’t appreciate how much you’re chuckling.

Watch segments from this week’s Weekend Update below.


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2025-05-11 08:49