{"id":2400307,"date":"2026-05-03T16:11:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2400307"},"modified":"2026-05-03T16:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:11:27","slug":"comedian-says-megan-thee-stallion-needs-a-real-man-after-klay-thompson-breakup-in-snl-sketch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/comedian-says-megan-thee-stallion-needs-a-real-man-after-klay-thompson-breakup-in-snl-sketch\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian says Megan Thee Stallion needs a &#8216;real man&#8217; after Klay Thompson breakup in &#8216;SNL&#8217; sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d star Kam Patterson jokingly called out NBA player Klay Thompson for<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/25\/celebrity-news\/megan-thee-stallion-accuses-klay-thompson-of-cheating-publicly-ends-their-relationship\/\"> allegedly cheating<\/a> on Megan Thee Stallion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho even is this guy?\u201d the comedian <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j3dWH0KDKRM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quipped on the \u201cWeekend Update\u201d segment<\/a>, before co-host Michael Che chimed in to say Patterson was a \u201cworld-famous pro basketball player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait a minute, there\u2019s a WNBA for men? What would you even call that? The MNBA? \u2026 To me, he\u2019s not Klay, he\u2019s dirt,\u201d Patterson added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d comedian jokingly called out Klay Thompson for allegedly cheating on Megan Thee Stallion. (Seen here: Megan and Thompson in NYC on July 16, 2025.) <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kam Patterson (seen above) pretended not to know the athlete during the \u201cWeekend Update.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">SNL<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhat Meg Thee Stallion needs is a real man,\u201d the 27-year-old added, as Che, 42, responded, \u201cWhat else makes a real man?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Playfully describing himself, Patterson stated that a \u201creal man\u201d is \u201cprobably employed in a thriving industry,\u201d such as \u201centertainment\u201d and working on a \u201csketch television show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he\u2019s not in many sketches,\u201d Patterson added, referring to his current debut \u201cSNL\u201d season. \u201cBut he\u2019s doing OK. Some say he\u2019s finding his voice more every week.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cWho even is this guy?\u201d he said. \u201cTo me, he\u2019s not Klay, he\u2019s dirt.\u201d (Pictured: Patterson on \u201cSNL.\u201d) <span class=\"credit\">SNL<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWhat Meg Thee Stallion needs is a real man,\u201d Patterson continued. (Seen here: Megan at a Dallas Mavericks game in January.) <span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg \/ celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The audience cheered, and Che told them not to \u201cencourage\u201d Patterson\u2019s remarks, adding, \u201cThat\u2019s just you, Kam.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess that does kind of sound like me,\u201d Patterson continued, before jokingly insisting that he didn\u2019t know who Thompson, \u201ca four-time NBA champion and second greatest shooter of all time,\u201d was.<\/p>\n<p>Patterson admitted to wanting to date Megan, saying, \u201cMegan, if you\u2019re watching, let me talk to you direct.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Patterson jokingly called for Megan (seen here posing with her car) to date him. <span class=\"credit\">Megan Thee Stallion\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Last weekend, Megan (seen above with the NBA star in NYC on July 16) told Page Six that she and Thompson had split. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He then leaned forward as seductive music played in the background, telling the camera, \u201cAm I the man you want? Probably not. But am I the man you need? Also no. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you\u2019ve already had the best baby, so why not try the rest?\u201d Patterson questioned, before showing several alleged DMs he has sent to the hitmaker.<\/p>\n<p>Reps for both Thompson, 36, and Megan, 31, weren\u2019t immediately available to Page Six for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Megan (seen here on a yacht) told Page Six in a statement that \u201cfidelity and respect are non-negotiable[s]\u201d in a relationship. <span class=\"credit\">theestallion\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The exes (seen above in NYC on July 14) were dating for nearly one year. <span class=\"credit\">BlayzenPhotos \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Megan confirmed <span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">on April 25 that she and the athlete had split\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/10\/celebrity-news\/megan-thee-stallion-dating-dallas-mavericks-klay-thompson\/\" target=\"_blank\">after nearly one year<\/a> <\/span>of dating, telling Page Six that \u201cfidelity and respect are non-negotiable[s]\u201d in a relationship.<\/p>\n<p>That same day, the \u201cMamushi\u201d emcee broke down in tears while closing out her \u201cMoulin Rouge! The Musical\u201d Broadway show. A few days later, Megan <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/27\/celebrity-news\/megan-thee-stallion-makes-shocking-career-move-following-klay-thompson-split\/\">announced she was exiting the show<\/a> more than two weeks earlier than her original end date.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson has yet to address the allegations against him. However, sports analyst Stephen A. Smith\u00a0recently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/28\/celebrity-news\/stephen-a-smith-slams-megan-thee-stallion-over-klay-thompson-cheating-allegations\/\">defended the athlete<\/a>, saying Thompson didn\u2019t deserve for his business to be publicly aired.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d star Kam Patterson jokingly called out NBA player Klay Thompson for allegedly cheating on Megan Thee Stallion. \u201cWho even is this guy?\u201d the comedian quipped on the \u201cWeekend Update\u201d segment, before co-host Michael Che chimed in to say Patterson was a \u201cworld-famous pro basketball player.\u201d \u201cWait a minute, there\u2019s a WNBA for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2400308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[344975,345234,24188,40151,24003,21900,366643,22288,352941,21800,24075,29023,351066,22335,21848,21913],"class_list":["post-2400307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-athletes","tag-celebrity-breakups","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-exes","tag-celebrity-news","tag-comedians","tag-klay-thompson","tag-megan-thee-stallion","tag-michael-che","tag-music","tag-nbc","tag-rappers","tag-sketch-comedy","tag-snl","tag-sports","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Comedian-says-Megan-Thee-Stallion-needs-a-real-man-after.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400309,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400307\/revisions\/2400309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}