“Saturday Night Live’s” “Weekend Update” tacked the P’Nut the squirrel saga this week– at it introduced his “widow” on to debate the controversy surrounding the euthanizing of the beloved pet and web sensation.
P’Nut’s bereaved spouse, Mrs. Hazel Nut, portrayed by Sarah Sherman, appeared on the newsdesk in widow’s garb to debate with host Colin Jost the trials and tribulations she and the well-known squirrel suffered.
“The cops raided our house, and then P’Nut bit one, like a damn hero,” an outraged Mrs. Nut defined. “Then they abducted P’Nut and chopped his head off in a rabies test.”
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“Oh, it’s just so hard to be thrust in the media spotlight, Colin,” Hazel revealed. “I’m used to doing regular squirrel stuff, like, you know, chasing my own tail or running into the middle of a street, seeing a car and then [shakes uncontrollably].”
Hazel revealed that P’Nut is merely the squirrel’s “human name” and that his actual identify consists of indecipherable squirrel squeakings.
Sherman’s Hazel Nut recounted to Jost how the couple first got here collectively — assembly at a tree — and made heavy use of squirrelly innuendos whereas flirting with Jost.
P’Nut was first seized by the Division of Environmental Conservation on October thirtieth — the New York State division citing nameless complaints {that a} recognized rabies vector, within the type of Fred the raccoon, lived on the home.
P’Nut had lived with guardian Mark Longo for seven years previous to his seize and killing. Longo had rescued the pup after witnessing its mom killed by a automotive.
The squirrel grew to become a social media star till his premature and unjust demise.
It was revealed earlier this week that the DEC decapitated P’Nut as a part of a rabies take a look at.
That take a look at revealed that neither Fred nor P’Nut had rabies.
The pet-cause was additionally name-checked by UFC fighter Jim Miller — who referred to as for justice for the furry critter at Madison Sq. Backyard crowd following a primary spherical victory at UFC 309.
