SNL debuts new Elon Musk impression: 'the worst thing South Africa has ever done'
Saturday Night Live cast member Jeremy Culhane debuted his impression of Elon Musk in the US sketch show's latest episode. The sketch mocked Musk's recent run of setbacks.
Jeremy Culhane, a cast member of the US sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL), performed his first impression of Elon Musk in the latest weekend episode. The sketch portrays the SpaceX and Tesla CEO as an awkward loser who fumbles his attempt to befriend the hosts of the show's Weekend Update segment.
The programme has lampooned the world's richest man, who is also a former SNL host, before. Mike Myers has occasionally appeared wielding a chainsaw before freezing and muttering "Glitch!" Culhane's version, however, is less obnoxious and more eager to be liked.
The content reflects this week's news: according to the source, Musk spent half a billion dollars on candidates who lost in the midterm elections and then announced plans to halt Cybertruck production. Culhane's character tries to laugh off the setbacks and reminds the audience, "My car did a flip!"
Weekend Update co-host Colin Jost asks Musk about his week, noting that he moved to Texas because California was run by Democrats, moved his companies there to avoid taxes and even built his own town, yet Texas is now run by Democrats and he will have to pay taxes. Asked how that makes him feel, Culhane's Musk answers, "Bad?"
To show he is a good sport, the character asks his chatbot Grok for "an epic vulgar roast of me, Elon Musk." The bot calls him "the worst thing South Africa has ever done" and suggests that if he has 100 more kids, one of them might talk to him.
Other tech executives on the show this season
SNL has repeatedly targeted tech executives this season. Jane Wickline played Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, head of the AI company, as a stuttering prophet of AI doom. A couple of weeks later, James Austin Johnson caricatured data center backer and "Marty Supreme" co-star Kevin O'Leary. Asked about the widespread backlash against data centers, his character said he wants to buy up 40,000 acres of untouched land and replace it with a very loud computer that steals your job.
