‘SNL’ Weekend Update: Tucker Carlson Gets Triggered by Oscars Nominees
On Saturday Night Live , conservative commentator Tucker Carlson blasted Sunday’s Oscars nominees and the supposed left-wing agenda on display at the annual awards show . Carlson (Jeremy Culhane) spoke with Weekend Update co-anchor Colin Jost about several films. “Let’s all go to the movies. Huh. Really? Yes, why don’t we grab some popcorn and watch American culture collapse. What are we doing?
What’s going on?” he said, in what was the first iteration of those favorite questions of his. “Why don’t we talk about Sinners . That’s right, Sinners . Because of course, leftist woke America’s favorite movie this year is about sinning. Huh. Really?” he continued. “Why does that not surprise me? No, sorry kids, we don’t go to church anymore.
We go to Sinners . That’s the rule. That’s the goal now. What are we doing? What’s going on?” As for Hamnet , Carlson claimed that title itself was politically correct. “Oh, Hamnet , because we’re not allowed to say ‘ Hamlet ‘ anymore,” he complained. “They took the ‘L’ and gave it to the ‘GBTQ.’ What...
Original reporting by Rolling Stone