US EditionCecily Strong and Colin Jost make surprise cameos in ‘SNL’ cold open
- Saturday Night Live aired a cold open on May 10, 2025, featuring surprise cameos by Cecily Strong and Colin Jost on NBC at 11:30 p.m. ET.
- The sketch referenced the vice president's recent visit to the Vatican, shortly before Pope Francis died last month, linking the satire to current events.
- James Austin Johnson impersonated Donald Trump discussing the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, joined by Cecily Strong as Jeanine Pirro, and included appearances by Kenan Thompson, Marcello Hernandez, and Bowen Yang.
- Trump said, "We have an American pope; We hope he does what we want," and praised Pirro as "a great legal mind" with the key quality of being on TV, while Pirro declared she has "no reservations about sending things back."
- The cold open concluded with Colin Jost impersonating Pete Hegseth, and the entire sketch functioned as a lighthearted Mother’s Day tribute during an episode hosted by Walton Goggins, which also featured a performance by the band Arcade Fire.
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Cecily Strong Makes Surprise Return to ‘SNL’ to Play Jeanine Pirro in Cold Open | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
Cecily Strong is back on Saturday Night Live! The 41-year-old actress left the show in December 2022, but she made a surprise return for the latest episode to play Jeanine Pirro. The cold open for the Mother’s Day episode on Saturday (May 10) featured Cecily reprising her Pirro impression after Donald Trump named her the acting U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. Pirro is a former prosecutor who became a staple on Fox News for the last couple dec…
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