NewsSunday, April 3rd 2022, 2:39 AM EDT”Saturday Night Live” tackled some of the week’s biggest headlines on its version of “Fox and Friends,” during Saturday’s cold open, including the Will Smith slap at the Academy Awards and Ginni Thomas’ text messages urging a top White House official to keep up the fight to overturn the 2020 presidential election.The show opened with Fox’s Brian Kilmeade, played by Mikey Day, telling his co-hosts he downloaded former President Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social.”I downloaded the app, opened it, and my phone immediately got very, very hot. Like, over 140 degrees,” Day’s Kilmeade told Ainsley Earhardt, played by Heidi Gardner and Steve Doocy, played by Alex Moffat.The trio then welcomed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas to the show. The couple, played by cast members Kenan Thompson and Kate McKinnon, cuddled on the couch as the hosts asked about Clarence Thomas’ recent hospital stay.”You were just in the hospital, is that right,” Thompson’s Thomas is asked.He chuckles before vaguely answering, “That’s what they say.”When asked whether he was sick with Covid-19, Thompson’s Thomas again offers a short, noncommittal answer: “Anything is possible.”The hosts then turn…
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'SNL' uses its version of 'Fox and Friends' to recap the week's headlines, including Ginni … – WICZ
