Overview
- Cast member Jeremy Culhane delivered a three‑minute Tucker Carlson impersonation that framed Best Picture contenders as evidence of a left‑wing takeover.
- Targets included Sinners, Hamnet and Bugonia, with lines mocking the titles and Emma Stone’s shaved‑head look in Yorgos Lanthimos’ film.
- Weekend Update co‑anchor Colin Jost singled out the character’s high‑pitched cackle, telling Culhane’s Carlson, “that laugh is just awful.”
- Variety reported the segment opened with jokes about an FBI warning to California police regarding possible Iranian drone retaliation against high‑profile West Coast targets.
- Mediaite highlighted that the sketch did not reference Carlson’s statement, made shortly before airtime, that he believed the DOJ could pursue unregistered foreign‑agent charges.