Piers Morgan slams ‘disgusting’ Saturday Night Live studio audience for cheering on Luigi Mangione
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Morgan slammed the applause for Luigi Mangione ‘shameful’. During the latest episode of NBC’s hit sketch comedy show, Jost was delivering his popular “Weekend Update” spin on news when he brought up Mangione’s extradition to New York. Before he had even begun the joke, the audience erupted into loud cheers and applause at the mention of Mangione’s name.
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Jost, who looked stunned at the response, awkwardly replied: “Yeah... definitely ‘woo’. You’re wooing for justice, right?”. Continuing the joke, Jost quipped: “Luigi Mangione dropped his extradition fight and was flown from Pennsylvania to New York to face multiple charges. In related news, Bumble exploded,” he added, referring to the dating site.
Following the episode, a clip of the moment went viral on X/Twitter, with an account by the user name End Wokeness, writing: “SNL Weekend Update mentions CEO kiIIer Luigi Mangione and the crowd applauds & cheers.”. Morgan later retweeted the post, adding: “So disgusting… and Colin Jost just smirks away as if it’s all one big giggle. Shameful moment for SNL.”.
Business executive and author Jennifer Sey also hit out at SNL’s audience, calling them “the dumbest group of pathetic woke conformists known to man.”. This isn’t the first time Mangione has been mentioned on SNL. Last week, Sarah Sherman joked in a sketch: “Y’all psychos find him a sex symbol … He has women and gay guys hot and bothered.”.
Mangione, 26, has been charged with stalking and murdering healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4, which prosecutors described as an “act of terrorism.” He is also now facing federal charges, which would potentially allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty should he ultimately be found guilty of murder since capital punishment has been outlawed in New York for decades.
