In the week leading up to the show, though, various cast members appeared on talk shows and attempted to smooth over concerns. Bernie Sanders which called out the “moral obscenity” of the wealth distribution in America, which also noted “the 50 wealthiest people in America today own more wealth than the bottom half of our people.” Chris Redd retweeted Musk’s post about “throwing out some skit ideas,” pointing out that he should be calling them “sketches,” not skits. In a now-deleted social media post, Aidy Bryant, for example, re-shared a message from Sen. The initial announcement came with criticism, as viewers, critics and even some of the show’s own cast members alike seemed to question the choice of host. Musk made his hosting debut on the May 8 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” which was the first of the three final episodes of the 46th season and the first one back after a few weeks off. Mother and son hugged to close the monologue segment as she gushed, “Break a leg tonight. The segment undoubtedly was crafted in part to temper critics of the billionaire as out of control. He indulged his penchant for fantasy in observing, “Our reality might be a video game and we’re all just computer simulations being played by a teenager on a another planet.” Beaming, she added, “You turned that video game about space into reality.” You were too young to open a bank account so I had to open one for you,” she said. “Do you remember when I was 12 I created my own video game?,” he asked. She played straight woman to her 49-year-old son, with their banter including a prompt to position him as a boy genius. “I could say something truly shocking - like I drive of Prius,” he said.Īnd although he did not appear in the special Mother’s Day cold open, he brought his mother Maye Musk onstage for a special spotlight moment during his monologue. He joked about “SNL” being live and the risk that posed for him. Musk has been scolded by regulators for his pronouncements about his publicly held businesses in unusual channels for a CEO. Simpson to murderer.” He noted that Simpson hosted “SNL” twice - and “killed it.” Musk joked that it was “like I go from podcast to podcast lighting up joints. He made a surprising comparison of his reputation to that of accused double murderer O.J. “People are reduced to the dumbest thing they ever did,” Musk said, referring to the September 2018 incident when he was seen smoking marijuana while appearing on the podcast hosted by Joe Rogan. But we’ll also ask my mother who is here tonight.Musk also joked about his son’s name, saying it’s “pronounced like a cat running across a keyboard,” and lamented the volume of chatter about him in media and social media circles. It’s pronounced – cat running across keyboard.Īnother thing people want to know is what was I like as a kid? The answer is pretty much the same as now but smaller. SNL is also a great way to learn something new about the host. Which means I could say something cruelly shocking like, “I drive a Prius”. One reason I’ve always loved SNL is because it’s genuinely live. Fun fact, OJ also hosted the show in 79, and again in 96. It’s like producing OJ Simpson to “Murderer”. And now, all the time I hear, “Elon Musk, all he does is smoke weed on podcast.” Like I go to podcast to podcast lighting up joints. Like one time, I smoked weed on Joe Rogan’s pocast. Now, a lot of times people are reduced to the dumbest thing they ever did. Did you think I’m also going to be a chill normal dude? To anyone offended, I just want to say I reinvented electric cars and I’m sending people to Mars in a rocket ship. Look, I know I sometimes say or post strange things, but that’s just how my brain works. But I also write things like “69 days after 4/20 again haha”. Those seem like exciting goals, don’t they? Now I think, if I just posted that on Twitter, I’d be fine. I believe that humanity must become a multi planetory space baring civilization. I’d first like to share with you my vision for the future. But don’t worry, I’m pretty good at running ‘human’ in emulation mode. So, I won’t make a lot of eye contact with the cast tonight. I’m actually making history night as the first person with Aspergers to host SNL. That’s because I don’t always have a lot of intonation or variation in how I speak. Sometimes, after I say something, I have to say “I mean that” so people really know I mean it. It’s an honor to be hosting Saturday Night Live. Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, Elon Musk.Įlon: Thank you.
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