A politically charged segment during the Feb. 24 episode of “Saturday Night Live” contained some brutal jokes about Tom Sandoval, the “Vanderpump Rules” actor who cheated on his longtime girlfriend with her best friend and fellow cast member, the repercussions of which raised his profile to villain status. The supernatural in popular culture.
The criticism came during a sketch targeting the Alabama Supreme Court’s controversial decision this week that now considers frozen embryos created during in vitro fertilization to be children.
SNL featured player Marcelo Hernandez dropped by Weekend Update as a “frozen embryo from Alabama” to talk about his existence and how he’s different from humans.
“I don’t have a brain, I don’t have a heart, I’m like Tom Sandoval,” the genin quipped.
“Are you watching Vanderpump Rules?” Weekend Update host Colin Jost asked incredulously.
“Of course not – I don’t even have eyes. But even without eyes I can see that Tom is a pure narcissist,” the fetus replied, to applause from the audience.
The “Saturday Night Live” jokes come at the end of a long week for Sandoval, who firmly put his foot in his mouth during a recent interview with the New York Times Magazine, during which he bizarrely compared the fallout from the cheating scandal to the media. Coverage of OJ Simpson and George Floyd.
He quickly issued a statement apologizing for his words, saying: “My intentions behind the comments I made in The New York Times Magazine were to illustrate the level of national media attention my case has received. The comparison was inappropriate and ignorant. “I am so sorry and embarrassed.”
Watch the Weekend Update clip below.