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On the October 11 episode of Saturday Night Live<\/strong>, Amy Poehler<\/strong> returned to host after 15 years. Her appearance also coincided with SNL\u2019s 50th birthday celebration. For this episode\u2019s cold open, she played Attorney General Pam Bondi, reuniting with Tina Fey, who played Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n In the sketch, Poehler as Pam Bondi and Fey as Kristi Noem joke about the October 7 Senate hearing, which saw a few heated moments. Poehler can be seen facing questions and comments about Immigration and Customs Enforcement and even the Epstein files. At one point, she responds by saying, \u201cI don\u2019t know; you\u2019ll have to ask Homeland Security Director Kristi Noem.\u201d This leads to Fey\u2019s entrance as the DHS Secretary.<\/p>\n Reacting to this, Bondi took to X<\/a>, posting a still from the sketch and writing, \u201c@Sec_Noem[Kristi Noem]\u2069, should we recreate this picture in Chicago? Loving Amy Poehler!\u201d Noem did not respond to the post. However, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly, \u201cSNL is absolutely right \u2014 the Democrats\u2019 shutdown does need to end!\u201d<\/p>\n Poehler starts the cold open by introducing herself as Pam Bondi. She says, \u201cWhat\u2019s up nerds? My name is Pam Bondi. I spell it with an \u2018I\u2019 \u2019cause \u2018I ain\u2019t gonna answer any of your questions.\u2019 My time is valuable.\u201d She then refuses to answer questions from Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse, and John Kennedy, played by Mikey Day, Jeremy Culhane, and Andrew Dismukes, respectively. Soon, she is joined onstage by Fey as Kristi Noem.<\/p>\n Fey begins by tossing the assault rifle she\u2019s holding as she says, \u201cHold my gun.\u201d She then continues, \u201cThat\u2019s right, it\u2019s me Kristi Noem. I spell my name with an \u2018I\u2019 because that\u2019s how I thought it was spelled. And I\u2019m the rarest type of person in Washington, D.C. \u2014 a brunette that Donald Trump listens to. I\u2019m here to tell you that this Democrat government shutdown needs to end now.\u201d<\/p>\n Check out the cold open from the October 11 SNL episode here:<\/p>\n Originally reported by Elton Fernandes for ComingSoon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Tina Fey & Amy Poehler\u2019s SNL Cold Open Gets Reaction From Pam Bondi & DHS<\/a> appeared first on Mandatory<\/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":" On the October 11 episode of Saturday Night Live, Amy Poehler returned to host after 15 years. Her appearance also coincided with SNL\u2019s 50th birthday celebration. For this episode\u2019s cold open, she played Attorney General Pam Bondi, reuniting with Tina Fey, who played Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security. 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