An unhinged “Elon Musk” hit the “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update desk this week to address the outcome of Tuesday’s midterm elections — and Musk, as played by “SNL” featured player Jeremy Culhane, didn’t quite know how to address it.
\n\nThe real Musk, of course, spent nearly $500 million on Republican candidates, especially in his home state of Texas — which then saw most of its statewide races turn Democratic. “Weekend Update” anchor Colin Jost attempted to get “Elon Musk” (Culhane) to address it: “Elon, you’ve been in the news because you wasted half a billion dollars on the midterms.”
\n\nSaid “Elon,” attempting to change the subject: “No, I’m in the news because my car did a flip. My car did a flip. Remember? It was like a freaking Hot Wheel. It was like, and then pop, but I was like totally chill. I was like thug life. Imagine.”
\n\nJost then asked “Elon” about halting production on Tesla’s Cybertruck, another major piece of news coming out of Texas this week. “Do you have anything to say about that?,” Jost asked. Responded Elon: “Hey, remember when my car did a flip? It was epic. It was like, but everyone was like…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/