After a year off, “Weekend Update’s” Christmas joke exchange returned during the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. As with years past, things got quite controversial quickly as “Weekend Update” hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che wrote jokes for each other to read aloud for the first time with no advance screening. The bit grew especially spicy when Che brought activist Hattie Davis on stage to sit by Jost as he was forced to read one racially charged joke after the next.
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Suffice it to say, viewers couldn’t get enough of the jaw-droppingly controversial jokes, causing the sketch to become a trending topic across most social media platforms. Keep scrolling to see what people are saying.
F–king Spectacular
Too Funny
Funniest Bit Ever
Killed It
Always Fire
Hysterical
Glorious
*****
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