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SNL Finale Opens With Will Ferrell’s Jeffrey Epstein Haunting Trump

The dark cold open signaled SNL’s appetite for sharper political satire, drawing more than 1 million YouTube views.

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.