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Saturday Night Live<\/em> opened its 51 season with a cold open in which their President Donald Trump cuts in on Pete Hegseth to warn the show that \u201cDaddy\u2019s watching!\u201d<\/p>\n This week\u2019s edition<\/a> of Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/a> marked the first episode of the sketch comedy mainstay\u2019s 51st season. The host was Super Bowl splash-maker Bad Bunny<\/strong>, who became<\/a> the first star in the history of the show to host after being the musical guest in the previous episode. It\u2019s his second time hosting.<\/p>\n The musical guest was Doja Cat<\/strong> in her first SNL appearance.<\/p>\n The premiere marked the debut of new cast members Veronika Slowikowska<\/strong>, Jeremy Culhane<\/strong>, Tommy Brennan<\/strong>, Kam Patterson<\/strong>, and Please Don\u2019t Destroy\u2019s<\/em> Ben Marshall<\/strong>. They join returning players Mikey Day<\/strong>, Andrew Dismukes<\/strong>, Chloe Fineman<\/strong>, Marcello Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, James Austin Johnson<\/strong>, Sarah Sherman<\/strong>, Kenan Thompson<\/strong>, Bowen Yang<\/strong>, and \u201cWeekend Update\u201d anchors Colin Jost<\/strong> and Michael Che<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Departing cast members include Heidi Gardner<\/strong>, Ego Nwodim<\/strong>, Devon Walker<\/strong>, Michael Longfellow<\/strong>, and Emil Wakim<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Next week\u2019s host will be SNL<\/em> alum Amy Poehler<\/strong>, with Role Model<\/strong> as the musical guest. Sabrina Carpenter<\/strong> hosts and performs as musical guest on October 18.<\/p>\n The first order of business this season was the cold open, a long-running gag in which the show performs a parody \u2014 usually related to current events \u2014 that ends with performers breaking character and exclaiming \u201cLive from New York, it\u2019s Saturday Night!\u201d<\/p>\n This week, Colin Jost made a rare appearance in the cold open as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth<\/strong>, in a send-up of his speech to military leaders this week.<\/p>\n But only to be interrupted by James Austin Johnson\u2019s<\/strong> Trump, who swooped in to riff and weave \u2014 and warn the cast to behave because \u201cDaddy\u2019s watching!\u201d<\/p>\n SNL PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Okay, I guess I\u2019ll let them start the show. I see the crew\u2019s all ready to go. By the way, thank you, SNL crew, for your hard work and your votes. You fellas are gonna keep an eye on Marcelo for me, right? Okay, good. Fantastic. Well, here we go. And remember, Daddy\u2019s watching! And LIVE from New York, it\u2019s Saturday Night!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n Watch above via NBC\u2019s Saturday Night Live<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n The post Trump Busts In On Hegseth To Warn SNL In Brutal Cold Open: \u2018Daddy\u2019s Watching!\u2019<\/a> first appeared on Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Saturday Night Live opened its 51 season with a cold open in which their President Donald Trump cuts in on Pete Hegseth to warn the show that \u201cDaddy\u2019s watching!\u201d This week\u2019s edition of Saturday Night Live marked the first episode of the sketch comedy mainstay\u2019s 51st season. 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