Overview
- Saturday Night Live closed Season 51 with a cold open featuring Will Ferrell as the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein visiting James Austin Johnson’s President Trump.
- The sketch leaned into dark humor with a wink-at-suicide joke and a gag where Epstein refuses a high-five.
- Ferrell’s Epstein delivered surreal visions that lampooned Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel.
- The bit ended with a parody duet of Just the Two of Us performed by Ferrell and Johnson.
- The clip passed 1 million views on YouTube, highlighting SNL’s continued reach in political satire as the show heads into its summer break.