Michael Che pulled off an April Fools’ Day prank on Colin Jost that his “Weekend Update” co-host will not quickly neglect. During Saturday’s episode of “Saturday Night Live,” which was hosted by Quinta Brunson, Che and Jost anchored what gave the impression to be a typical “Weekend Update” filled with jokes about the latest indictment of former president Donald Trump. But sadly for Jost, none of his jokes appeared to land.
The longtime “SNL” star made cracks about an inevitable Stormy Daniels film and the previous president’s lawyer, which had been greeted with well mannered giggles. Then Che instructed a Trump-themed joke and the gang went wild. When Che tossed the section again to Jost, his co-host was beginning to look nervous when somebody within the viewers shouted, “You stink!” Poor Jost buried his head in his fingers as Che revealed that he instructed the viewers to not chortle at his buddy’s jokes.
“I instructed them to not chortle at you for April Fools’,” Che confessed. A relieved Jost shared simply how panicked he was changing into. “I used to be like, ‘am I not mic’d?'” he laughed. “And then I used to be like, ‘Oh, I simply suck.'”
Che tried to proceed on, however Jost was nonetheless reeling from his scare. “You’re evil,” he joked. When his co-host tossed the section again to him once more after the prank reveal, Jost could not maintain it collectively. “That’s the meanest factor you’ve got ever finished to me,” he mentioned. “I’m lined in sweat.”
For his half, Che could not assist however chortle as the gang tried to make his pal really feel higher with an enormous cheer. But Jost wasn’t having it. “Don’t you even dare attempt that now,” he instructed the viewers.
Even if it did go away his co-host sweating, Che’s prank was ingenious — and it ought to encourage Jost to attempt to give you one thing equally diabolical for Che in time for the present’s subsequent April Fools’ Day episode.