Chris Rock hosted the December 14 episode of “Saturday Night Live” and filled his opening monologue with jokes about multiple topics in the news.
The targets of his mini stand-up set included Jake Paul and his boxing match with Mike Tyson, of which he joked, “Who is this Jake Paul?” This 27 year old punches a 60 year old in the face. Is this what the white man has reduced himself to? Stop it! Who will he fight next, Morgan Freeman? I hate Jake Paul. I hate landlords for him.”
He also did not mince his words on the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, saying, “I really feel sorry for the family. Everyone is fixated on how handsome this man looks. If he looked like Jonah Hill, no one would care. They had already given him the chair – he would be dead. But he actually killed a man – a man with a family, a man with children. I have condolences. This is a real person, you know? But you also have to say, ‘You know, sometimes drug dealers get shot.’
Incoming President Trump’s promise of an aggressive deportation policy was also blasted by the comedian, who said: “The Menendez brothers are getting out of jail – just in time to be deported. Trump is going to deport them, you are killing Mexicans!”
He also took aim at Trump’s best friend, Elon Musk, saying: “He’s working with the number one African American in the world. The richest African-American in the world: Elon Musk. That’s right. He is African American. Elon has more kids than the Cleveland Browns. That’s right. No one knows how to get rid of people better than a South African.”
The comedian hosted the sketch comedy series three times previously, in 2020, 2014 and 1996. Rock was also a cast member from 1990 to 1993.
Watch his monologue below.