The latest Saturday Night Live cold open was a Trump Oval Office sketch built around a series of “urgent” phone calls, including Tiger Woods, Melania Trump, and Pete Hegseth. The joke centered on Trump reacting to Melania’s “big, random” Epstein-related speech and other current headlines.[1]
The sketch opened with James Austin Johnson’s Trump taking calls from Tiger Woods, who said he was in a rehab facility in Switzerland, then from Melania Trump, and finally from Pete Hegseth.[1]
The Melania portion was the main target of the week’s coverage, with multiple outlets describing it as a parody of her reported Epstein-related remarks.
Media coverage focused on how tightly the sketch tracked the week’s news cycle, blending politics, celebrity, and sports into one cold open.[1]
There was also extra attention because one line reportedly referenced Limp Bizkit’s “Nookie,” which another article highlighted as a surprise callback in the sketch.[2]
Reactions were mixed: some coverage called it sharp and topical, while others framed it as another familiar Trump-heavy cold open.
A separate piece on the sketch said it had viewers buzzing and portrayed it as one of the show’s more headline-driven openers of the season.[8]
Would you like a quick rundown of the actual sketch beats line by line?
Live from the Oval Office, it's... Donald Trump making 'urgent' calls to Tiger Woods (fresh off his DUI arrest), Melania Trump (about to make a 'big, random' speech), and a war-crazed Pete Hegseth.
ew.comHoly shit, it really *is* 2001 again.
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