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Colin Jost's Fiery Pentagon Sketch Shocks SNL Viewers

12/9/2025

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Colin Jost portrayed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday Night Live, delivering high energy in a Melissa McCarthy-hosted sketch.
In the opening, Jost addressed reporters at a Pentagon news conference, telling them to "shut the hell up" and joking that the U.S. was at war with Venezuela.
The sketch offered a rare glimpse of Jost stepping outside his anchor role.

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Colin Jost portrayed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday Night Live, delivering high energy in a Melissa McCarthy-hosted sketch.
In the opening, Jost addressed reporters at a Pentagon news conference, telling them to "shut the hell up" and joking that the U.S. was at war with Venezuela.
The sketch offered a rare glimpse of Jost stepping outside his anchor role.