Chris Rock returned to Studio 8H to host “Saturday Night Live” for the fourth time — joking in his highly anticipated monologue that President Biden’s middle finger “still works” after he controversially pardoned his son Hunter. Had given.
As the 30 Rock stage was decorated for Christmas, the legendary comedian who rose to fame as a cast member of SNL was handed a microphone and spoke about a wide range of current events.
“There’s so much going on in the news, oh my God, it’s so weird,” Rock commented at the beginning of his 7-minute opening act.
“The big story this week. Joe Biden pardoned his son,” he said later.
“I’ve got to hand it to Joe, he doesn’t move as fast as he used to, he doesn’t talk as fast as he used to,” Rock said while moving slowly around the stage.
“But that middle finger still works,” he smiled, referring to the first son’s sweeping and shocking pardon.
“Only a beast would not forgive your son. Every parent in the world would forgive their son, except the Menendez Brothers’ parents.
Rock didn’t touch on what was heard around the world during his monologue.
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In 2022, when Oscars host The Rock made a “GI Jane” joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head, husband Will Smith stepped forward in his honor and slapped the comedian across the face, which promptly followed on live-TV. Immortalized in the canon of.
Chris Rock was a featured player in the Saturday Night Live cast from 1990-1993, performing alongside such greats as Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Phil Hartman, and David Spade.
The South Carolina native became one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time, recording specials like “Bring the Pain,” “Never Scared” and most recently “Collective Outrage.”
‘The Beverly Hill Ninja’ star has also directed several films including ‘I Think I Love My Wife’, ‘Top Five’ and ‘Head of State’.
