Chris Rock returned to Studio 8H to host “Saturday Night Live” for the fourth time — joking in his extremely anticipated monologue that President Biden’s center finger “still works” after he controversially pardoned his son Hunter.
With the stage at 30 Rock adorned for Christmas, the legendary comedian, who rose to fame as a solid member of “SNL,” was handed a microphone and sounded off on a variety of present occasions.
“There’s a lot going on in the news, my God, it’s so crazy out there,” Rock commented at first of his 7-minute opening act.
“The big story this week. Joe Biden pardoned his son,” he stated afterward.
“I gotta hand it to Joe, he don’t move as fast as he used to, he don’t talk as fast as he used to,” Rock stated, transferring slowly across the stage.
“But that middle finger still works,” he grinned, referring to the sweeping and stunning pardon of the primary son.
“Only an animal would not pardon your son. Every parent in the world would pardon their son, except the parents of the Menendez Brothers.”
Rock didn’t contact on the smack heard around the world throughout his monologue.
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In 2022, after Oscars host Rock made a “G.I. Jane” joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head, hubby Will Smith rose to her honor and slapped the comic throughout the face in a second instantly immortalized within the canon of live-TV.
Chris Rock was a featured participant on the Saturday Night time Stay solid from 1990-1993, performing alongside greats like Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Phil Hartman, and David Spade.
The South Carolina native went on to develop into one of many greatest stand-up comedians ever, recording specials like “Bring The Pain,” “Never Scared,” and the latest “Collective Outrage.”
“The Beverly Hill Ninja” star has additionally directed a number of movies together with “I Think I Love My Wife,” “Top Five,” and “Head of State.”
