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Saturday Night Live Joke Delayed

Updated 2026-05-16 09:30 UTC 1 source Negative

Colin Jost of Saturday Night Live revealed that the network initially rejected a joke about Pete Hegseth reading a fake Bible verse from ‘Pulp Fiction’ two weeks before it occurred in real life. The incident drew widespread ridicule.

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Colin Jost Says ‘SNL’ Rejected Joke About Pete Hegseth Reading ‘Pulp Fiction’ Bible Verse Two Weeks Before It Happened in Real Life

Donald Trump’s defense secretary Pete Hegseth was widely mocked in April after he read a fake Bible verse from Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 classic “Pulp Fiction” during a Pentagon worship service. It turns out Colin Jost sort of saw it coming. During a recent visit to “The Tonig

2026-05-16 09:21 UTC