SNL's cold open imagines George Santos as a lying sideline reporter

The lies are pretty good.
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SNL's cold open combined two things in the news: the NFL playoffs and Republican Rep. George Santos, who has proven to have an extremely strained relationship with the truth.

This week's Saturday Night Live, hosted by actress Aubrey Plaza, imagined a world where Santos took over the sideline reporter job for Fox's NFL show. SNL's Bowen Yang did a great job lying his ass off as Santos, claiming he was once a top draft pick out of the University of College who somehow passed for both 300 and 600 yards in a single game,

Finally, the SNL cold open ventures into the latest news about Santos, which centers on if he used to perform drag before venturing into conservative politics.

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Tim Marcin
Associate Editor, Culture

Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).


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