The previous “SNL” author joined Steve Martin onstage for the opening monologue Sunday and thanked him for praising the present’s wordsmiths, solely to argue that the movie star hosts are the true “heart and soul” of the present — earlier than letting off a cold-blooded joke.
“You know, as I look around, I see some of the most difficult people I have ever met in my entire life,” Mulaney advised the gang. “Over the course of 50 years, 894 people have hosted ‘Saturday Night Live,’ and it amazes me that only two of them have committed murder.”
Ever the performer, Martin hilariously mouthed a seemingly impressed “wow” at that truth.
Whereas Mulaney moved on with out naming the hosts in query, he was possible referring to skilled soccer participant O.J. Simpson and actor Robert Blake, each of whom stood trial for allegedly murdering their wives, Nicole Brown Simpson and Bonny Lee Bakley, respectively.
Social media customers reacted fondly to the morbid opener, but in addition shared some confusion.
“Who knew the SNL stage could hold such dark humor? Oh yeah they could!” wrote one person on X, previously referred to as Twitter, whereas one other commented, “Who were the 2 hosts he was referring to? Most likely answer is O.J. Simpson and Robert Blake, but possibly Alec Baldwin.”
Baldwin has actually hosted a number of instances and was concerned in a deadly capturing on the set of “Rust” in 2021 however was by no means charged with homicide. His preliminary cost of involuntary manslaughter was dismissed in July 2024, with the choice upheld in October that very same yr.
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Simpson and Blake had been in the end by no means convicted of homicide both however got here to be outlined by overwhelming proof in opposition to them throughout their respective felony trials in 1995 and 2004-2005, making them the 2 probably targets of Mulaney’s grisly dig.
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Simpson hosted “SNL” on Feb. 25, 1978, when he was nonetheless often called an NFL star, lengthy earlier than he was accused of fatally stabbing his ex-wife and her buddy, Ron Goldman, in 1994. He was controversially acquitted of first-degree homicide fees in October 1995.
Blake, finest identified for portraying real-life assassin Perry Smith within the 1967 adaptation of Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood,” hosted “SNL” on Nov. 13, 1982. He was charged with homicide in 2002 after his spouse was fatally shot whereas sitting in his parked automobile in 2001.
The actor was discovered not responsible in March 2005, however was sued by Bakley’s youngsters for her wrongful demise and located liable in October of that yr.
