Colin Jost and Michael Che trade jokes

And their SNL segment gets pretty racist, pretty quickly

Colin Jost and Michael Che swapped near-the-knuckle jokes in the last episode of the current series of Saturday Night Live yesterday.

In what’s become something of a show tradition, the two hosts of the Weekend Update section had to read gags they’d never seen before, live on national television.

‘The idea is to keep it fun, light. No one’s going to get cancelled. No one’s families are going to get threatened,’ said Jost. ‘Have fun.’

Sure, we’ll see,’ said Che - before making his colleague read out a string of racist lines:

Published: 23 May 2021

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