Saturday Night Live returned from its winter hiatus with a cold open that saw its version of President Joe Biden blaming the current COVID-19 surge on people seeing Spider-Man: No Way Home. The year’s first episode kicked off with James Austin Johnson reprising his role as Biden for a mocked up news conference during which he told the nation to stop watching the movie that broke box office records last month. “Hello, my fellow Americans,” he said. “As I keep saying every chance I get, we’re in the middle of a cold, dark winter. This winter is so dark, Republicans don’t think it should vote.” He continued: “This virus has disrupted our lives. It’s canceled holidays, weddings, quinceañeras, gender-reveal parties, wildfires that started as gender-reveal parties.” It has also disrupted SNL , with Roddy Ricch dropping out as musical guest of Saturday’s episode after being exposed to COVID-19. But Johnson’s Biden claimed there was “one simple thing” Americans could do to make the virus go away. “Stop seeing Spider-Man ,” he said. “Think about it, when did Spider-Man come out? December 17. When did every single person get Omicron? The week after December 17.” Johnson’s Biden then took questions from… Read full this story
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