Variety: SNL Reportedly Roasts Elon Musk Over Midterms Spending
Weekend Update sketch has fake Elon dodging questions about his $500M bets and Texas blues.
TL;DR
- Variety reports SNL opened with a sketch of Elon Musk played by Jeremy Culhane.
- The bit mocked his reported $500M in Republican spending and Texas election results.
- Sketch Musk dodged to car stunts then asked Grok for vulgar roasts before storming off.
Variety reports that “Saturday Night Live” opened its Weekend Update segment with a sketch featuring an unhinged “Elon Musk” played by featured player Jeremy Culhane.
According to Variety, anchor Colin Jost noted the real Musk had spent nearly $500 million backing Republican candidates, especially in Texas, where most statewide races flipped Democratic.
The sketch version of Musk kept dodging, insisting he was only in the news because “my car did a flip” and claiming he stayed “totally chill” like “thug life.” Jost then asked about halting Cybertruck production in Texas, but the character again circled back to the car stunt.
Variety says Jost recapped Musk’s move from California to Texas to avoid taxes and build his own town, only for Texas to trend Democratic. When asked how that felt, the sketch Musk simply replied “Bad.”
The bit ended with the character praising an “epic vulgar roast” feature from his AI Grok and asking it to roast him. Variety quotes the lines delivered: “Elon Musk, you’re the worst thing South Africa has ever done,” “When you’re on TV, it feels like an episode of ‘Hate on the Spectrum,’” and “If you have 100 more kids, one of them will talk to you.” The sketch Musk then yelled for Grok to shut down and left the desk.
The Tea
One sketch, one outlet, and suddenly everyone’s talking about how much Musk poured into the midterms and how little it bought him in Texas. The timing lands right after real-world headlines about spending and factory plans, so the roast hits the group chat faster than any earnings call.