• "Saturday Night Live" star Kenan Thompson wasn't onstage for Kanye West's post-show speech about Donald Trump, but the comedian has some thoughts. 
• During an interview on NBC's "Late Night With Seth Meyers" Monday, Thompson said, "We're all entitled to our opinion, but I don't know if that's the moment necessarily to hold people hostage like that." 
• Thompson said he was happy to have already left when West gathered the cast back on the stage with him. "I felt so bad for those guys," he added. 
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Since its premiere in 1975, comedians have dreamed of a job at "SNL." The sketch comedy series, filmed at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, has accumulated over 800 episodes in its four decades on-air.

Here are 10 fun facts you probably didn’t know about "SNL."

The show began in part because Johnny Carson wanted more time off.

Back in 1974, Carson hosted "The Tonight Show." At the time, reruns of the late night talk show were aired on weekends, but according to AV Club, Carson requested to NBC that they be reserved for his vacation days instead. To fill that weekend slot, "SNL" was born.

Jim Carrey had two failed attempts at becoming a cast member.

Although he might be considered one of today’s most iconic comedians, according to Mental Floss, the "Truman Show" star auditioned twice for "SNL," and was rejected both those times. He has, however, had a few guest hosting gigs since then.

Chevy Chase was the first person to utter one of TV’s most iconic phrases on the air.

During the first episode, Chase had the honor of saying the iconic intro line, "Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!"

• Ariana Grande took to her Instagram story on Saturday to share a post that appears to be subtle shade towards Kanye West.
• While watching "Saturday Night Live," Grande captioned a Boomerang of Davidson on the show: "I love you like Kanye loves Kanye."
• The sentence is a lyric from one of West's songs, but fans also think it was a subtle dig at West.
• During the season 44 premiere of "Saturday Night Live," West came under fire for going on an unplanned and unaired pro-Trump rant.
• On the most recent episode of "SNL," Davidson slammed the rapper's comments.

Ariana Grande stood by fiance Pete Davidson amid his comments slamming Kanye West.

On Saturday, the singer posted photos and videos on her Instagram story as she watched "Saturday Night Live," on which Davidson stars. One Boomerang Grande shared featured the Davidson on "SNL" with the caption: "I love you like Kanye loves Kanye."

The remark was a reference to a lyric from West's song "I Love Kanye," but fans thought the timing was no coincidence. During the most recent "SNL" episode, Davidson appeared on the "Weekend Update" and spoke out on the rapper's unaired and unplanned pro-Trump speech that took place the on the prior week's episode.

"What Kanye said after he went off the air last week was one of the worst, like, most awkward things I've ever seen here — and I've seen Chevy Chase speak to an intern," Davidson said. Recently, the comedian called Chase "a genuinely bad, racist person."

In response to West's claim that he was bullied by the "SNL" cast and crew and advised to not wear a "Make America Great Again" hat onstage, Davidson said: "Nobody told him not to wear it."

"I wish I bullied you," he said. "I wish I had suggested that it might upset some people, like your wife, or every black person ever."

After the season 44 "SNL" premiere, West received criticism for his pro-Trump rant, which took place at the end of the show.

"I want to cry right now. Black man in America, you're supposed to keep what you feel inside right now," West sang during the unaired rant. "And the liberals bully you and tell you what you can and cannot wear, where you and they can't not stare. And they look at me and say, 'It's not fair. How the hell did you get here?'"

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• Kanye West is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner at the White House on Thursday.
• They are expected to have lunch and discuss topics including gang violence, manufacturing, and prison reform, an issue that parallels Kushner's sentencing-reform initiative.
• West is an avid Trump supporter. The artist wore one of Trump's Make America Great Again hats last week while performing on "Saturday Night Live," and he has publicly expressed admiration for Trump since the 2016 election.
• In June, Trump granted clemency to a woman serving a life sentence for nonviolent drug offenses after West's wife, Kim Kardashian West, lobbied him to do so.

Kanye West is scheduled to visit the White House to meet with President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner on Thursday to talk about gang violence and prison reform.

West, a vocal Trump supporter, is expected to have lunch with Trump and meet with Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, to discuss topics including "manufacturing resurgence in America, prison reform, how to prevent gang violence, and what can be done to reduce violence in Chicago," the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said on Tuesday.

Sanders' statement confirmed a report in The New York Times that said West was planning to meet with Trump and Kushner.

West plans to talk about bringing more manufacturing jobs to his hometown of Chicago, the newspaper said.

The rapper, producer, and designer has been a vocal supporter of Trump since the 2016 election, and he wore a Make America Great Again hat last week while performing on "Saturday Night Live."

West has received strong criticism in some circles for his unabashed support of the president.

It is unclear whether Trump and West's discussion will change the administration's course on criminal justice, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions has staked his claim on mandatory minimum sentences and similar tough-on-crime policies that are at odds with those advocating prison reform.

Kushner is leading a sentencing-reform project and met with West's wife, Kim Kardashian West, along with Trump at the White House earlier this year.

She successfully lobbied for clemency on behalf of Alice Johnson, a grandmother who had been serving a life sentence for nonviolent drug offenses. Trump granted the clemency request in June.

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• Alec Baldwin said African-Americans like him more since he began playing President Trump on "Saturday Night Live."
• "Ever since I played Trump, black people love me," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "They love me. Everywhere I go, black people go crazy."
• Critics say the comment resembles something Trump himself would say.
• Baldwin is seeking to become more prominent in politics himself, and is supporting several candidates in the midterm elections.

Alec Baldwin said that African-Americans like him more because of his parody of President Trump on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."

"Ever since I played Trump, black people love me,"he told The Hollywood Reporter. "They love me. Everywhere I go, black people go crazy."

Baldwin insisted he didn't want to generalize among all African-Americans, but said a lot of them are afraid of Trump.

"I think it's because they're most afraid of Trump," he said. "I'm not going to paint every African-American person with the same brush, but a significant number of them are sitting there going, 'This is going to be bad for black folks.'"

Baldwin's portrait of Trump on "Saturday Night Live" is hardly flattering, and he and the president have gotten into testy exchanges about his portrayal.

But critics of his comments say they sound like something out of Trump's mouth.

Baldwin is now seeking to become a more prominent political force, backing several Democratic candidates in the 2018 midterm elections.

He's supporting Perry Gershon, who's running in a New York district where Baldwin keeps a second home, in the Hamptons. And he's backing Liuba Grechen Shirley, who's challenging the longtime incumbent representative Peter King, in an area of Long Island where Baldwin grew up.

It's not clear how much Baldwin is supporting their campaigns financially, but The Hollywood Reporter published the results of a poll with Morning Consult this morning that shows only 25% of voters say they care about celebrity political opinions.

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• The opening sketch of "Saturday Night Live" on October 13 was a parody of Kanye West's visit to the White House on Thursday.
• Cast member Chris Redd played a soliloquizing Kanye, who baffles everyone in the room — including President Donald Trump.

The cold open of "Saturday Night Live" this week just had to be a spoof of Kanye West's off-the-rails meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

Cast member Chris Redd played a MAGA-hat wearing Kanye, and Alec Baldwin returned as Trump. Kenan Thompson portrayed football legend Jim Brown, who was also present at the chaotic meeting, which was originally organized to discuss prison reform.

Most of the sketch features Kanye espousing his various ideas, such as "time is a myth" and that the 13th Amendment should be abolished so that the constitutional amendments jump from 12 to 14 "like skyscraper elevators."

Meanwhile, Trump and Brown react to Kanye's bizarre rant via internal monologues. Brown wonders if Kanye might be "tri-polar" while Trump comes to the realization that Kanye is "black me."

"Maybe we should order your lunch from a pharmacy," Trump remarks at the end of the sketch.

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• Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson are no longer an item — so she's given him back the $100,000 diamond engagement ring, TMZ sources said. 
• The ring was a one of a kind design which took weeks to make.
• Davidson and Grande reportedly split on Sunday, four months after she first wore the ring in public.
• Here's a full timeline of their up-and-down relationship. 

Ariana Grande has reportedly given Pete Davidson back the $100,000 diamond engagement ring she was given when he proposed.

TMZ reported on Tuesday that sources close to the singer said she gave the ring back after the pair broke up on Sunday, and there was no struggle over who would keep it.

INSIDER previously reported that the ring was a one-of-a-kind gift, which took weeks to make, made specifically for Grande by jeweler Greg Yuna.

The ring was first seen on June 3, when Grande performed at the Wango Tango festival . Grande was also spotted wearing the ring in her music video for "Dance to This," on July 19.

Now the couple have reportedly split, they will also have to decide who gets to keep the miniature pig they adopted in September.

The "Saturday Night Live" comedian got a tattoo of the pig, called "Piggy Smallz," on his torso — though TMZ reported Ariana actually paid for the pig, so is likely to keep it.

Grande often posed with the pig on her Instagram, like in this post below:

Davidson and Grande reportedly split weeks ago, but the news only emerged on Sunday and fans were not surprised at the news — some keen-eyed fans spotted that Davidson covered up an Ariana-inspired tattoo weeks before.

Here's the full timeline of their tempestuous relationship.

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Megyn Kelly recently sparked controversy when she defended wearing blackface on Halloween, claiming it was "OK when I was a kid, as long as you were dressing like a character."

While many public figures were quick to condemn her comments, including her own NBC News colleagues, the truth is that many celebrities have been known to downplay or even participate in the racist practice.

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Julianne Hough wore blackface to portray Crazy Eyes from "Orange is the New Black."

For a 2013 Halloween party, Julianne Hough went as a popular "Orange Is the New Black" character who is portrayed by black actress Uzo Aduba. But in addition to the classic orange jumpsuit, she clearly wore blackface as part of the costume.

"It certainly was never my intention to be disrespectful or demeaning to anyone in any way," the "Dancing with the Stars" champion said, shortly after she was photographed leaving the party. "I realize my costume hurt and offended people and I truly apologize."

A source told Us Weekly that Isla Fisher intervened when she saw Hough's outfit, though Fisher's rep denied this.

Jason Aldean wore blackface and fake dreadlocks to dress up as rapper Lil Wayne.

An photo of Jason Aldean appearing to be in blackface at a Halloween party went viral in 2015. A rep for the country singer quickly confirmed his identity in the photo and said he was dressed as Lil Wayne.

Aldean even defended his decision in an interview with Billboard, claiming he had "zero malicious intent."

"In this day and age people are so sensitive that no matter what you do, somebody is going to make a big deal out of it," he said. "I get that race is a touchy subject, but not everybody is that way. Media tends to make a big deal out of things."

Colton Haynes painted his face for a Kanye West costume.

The "American Horror Story" actor wore blackface to dress up as Kanye West in 2011. The following year, he darkened his skin again for a Gandhi costume.

Haynes issued a video apology in 2013 for his past Halloween choices — and went on to don various intricate, yet vaguely creepy, costumes in the years to come.

• Pete Davidson poked fun at his failed engagement to Ariana Grande in a new promo for "Saturday Night Live."
• In the clip, he jokingly proposes to musical guest Maggie Rogers. Rogers says "no" and looks away uncomfortably. Davidson then says, "0 for 3."
• Shortly after the video was posted online, Grande wrote on Twitter, "for somebody who claims to hate relevancy u sure love clinging to it huh," and followed up with a tweet saying, "thank u, next."
• Grande also retweeted a fan who wrote, "tag yourself i'm maggie."

Ariana Grande appeared to chastise her ex-fiancé, Pete Davidson, on Twitter, just hours after the comedian poked fun at their broken engagement.

"for somebody who claims to hate relevancy u sure love clinging to it huh," she wrote on Twitter. "thank u, next."

She has since deleted both tweets.

While Grande did not mention Davidson by name, many fans interpreted these tweets as a response to a joke he made in a new promo for the upcoming episode of "Saturday Night Live."

In the short clip — which was posted on YouTube on Thursday night, a few hours before Grande's social media updates — Jonah Hill introduces himself as the host and Maggie Rogers as the musical guest.

"Hey Maggie, I'm Pete," Davidson then says. "Do you want to get married?"

After she says no and looks away uncomfortably, Davidson looks back at the camera and says, "0 for 3."

Davidson was, of course, referring to his recent split from Grande after their highly publicized engagement. He also seemed to be implying that he proposed to his ex Cazzie David, from whom he split just before getting together with Grande.

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Grande also retweeted a fan who directly replied to the "SNL" clip, writing, "tag yourself i'm maggie."

Although Grande's subtle commentary has since been deleted, the original tweet currently remains in her list of liked tweets.

The "God Is a Woman" songstress also wrote, "hell naw tho," in an additional tweet, but quickly deleted it.

Grande also subtly acknowledged a fan who condemned others for bringing up painful memories of her relationship with Davidson. Grande simply replied to the tweet with a period, but has since deleted her reply.

"idk why y'all feel the need to dig up her old tweets about him like. they were in love at some point but s--- happened," the fan wrote. "life will go on."

Just before deleting the entire string of tweets, Grande wrote, "k that's the last time we do that."

Although the now deleted tweets were relatively vague, they marked the first time Grande has publicly addressed her breakup with Davidson. In her first outing since the split was reported, she wore a bandage over the "pete" tattoo on her finger. She has since covered another Davidson-inspired tattoo with new ink.

In the "SNL" clip, it appears that Davidson has transformed the tiny A on his neck into a black dot or heart. He previously covered the "Dangerous Woman" tattoo next to it with a black heart.

Davidson previously joked about his numerous Grande-inspired tattoos when he headlined a comedy event called "Judd & Pete for America" at Los Angeles comedy club Largo at the Coronet.

At the event, the 24-year-old mocked his own track record of getting ink inspired by his relationships. Prior to dating Grande, he had a portrait of David tattooed on his arm. He got it covered up before entering into a relationship with Grande.

"Um, I've been covering a bunch of tattoos, that's fun," Davidson reportedly said onstage. "I'm f---ing 0 for 2 in the tattoo [department]. Yeah, I'm afraid to get my mom tattooed on me, that's how bad it is."

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• "Saturday Night Live" returned on November 3, and they had lots of current events to cover.
• The cold open of the show started with Kate McKinnon playing Fox News host Laura Ingraham stoking fears about the migrant caravan making its way through Mexico.
• Later in the episode, "SNL" reached across the aisle to parody liberals, too.

After taking its first hiatus of the 44th season, "Saturday Night Live" certainly had a stockpile of material it could have used for the first cold open back in three weeks.

In the time away, cast member Pete Davidson ended his engagement to pop star Ariana Grande, this season's premiere musical guest Kanye West decided maybe he wasn't so pro-Trump after all, Trump himself appropriated a "Game of Thrones" meme that was denounced by HBO and "SNL's" Trump aka Alec Baldwin got arrested.

With the midterm elections just days away, "SNL" decided to dedicate its cold open to discussion of the migrant caravan and voter suppression, as told through "The Ingraham Angle."

Kate McKinnon played Laura Ingraham and did get in a dig at Baldwin, calling him a "disgraced former actor" and showed an image of him from the "Canteen Boy""SNL" sketch with Adam Sandler, which she claimed was an image of him "molesting a young boy scout."

McKinnon started the sketch with discussion of Trump himself, dispelling claims that he was racist by saying, "Except for his words and actions throughout his life, how is he racist?"

She also lamented that certain words, such as "white nationalist" are now considered "bad," noting that whens he hears that term she just thinks "of a fun fourth of July barbecue — the one you don't have to call the cops on."

McKinnon was joined in the sketch by Cecily Strong who portrayed Judge Jeanine Pirro and came on "The Ingraham Angle" with footage of the caravan that she claimed was real-life and shot earlier today but was actually just news coverage of Black Friday shoppers flooding into a big box store and forming a swarm at the checkout lanes.

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When asked who was in the caravan, Strong as Pirro said, "Everyone you've ever seen in your nightmares…Guatemalans, Mexicans, ISIS, the Menendez brothers, the 1990 Detroit Pistons…and several Babadooks."

Additionally, she said this caravan had "hella Aladdins" when asked about Middle Eastern participants. She claimed they claimed elephants as service animals on "very common" flights and then crossed into Mexico.

The footage she showed to back this claim up was from "World War Z," and McKinnon as Ingraham asked if she saw Brad Pitt in there. Pirro admitted she did because he was dating one of the leaders.

Later in the sketch, Kenan Thompson appeared as David Clarke, who pointed out that if immigrants walked at a "normal pace of 300 miles a day" they could arrive at the border just in time to vote on election day. Aerial footage he provided of the caravan was just a clip of crabs.

Starting a new segment for tips on voting, McKinnon as Ingraham claimed she was going to counteract voter suppression but offered minority populations advice that included "Never vote on Tuesdays" and "If you see ‘R' next to a name, that means ‘really a democrat.'"

Later in the episode, "SNL" reached across the aisle to parody how liberals have been reacting to political news of late, as well, first with a midterm voting ad that expressed concerns over the Democrats being able to win some key races and simply asked viewers to vote "please?" on Nov. 6, and then with a "political musical" ad that took aim at Caucasian theater actors who try to be woke by writing songs about border control, birth control and #MeToo.

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• On the "Today" show Monday morning, Kenan Thompson was asked about a joke his "Saturday Night Live" castmate Pete Davidson made over the weekend that has been receiving a lot of backlash.
• On Saturday, Davidson mocked the appearance of Texas Congressional candidate Dan Crenshaw, who lost an eye during a tour of duty in Afghanistan.
• Weighing in on the controversy, Thompson said he thought Davidson "definitely missed the mark" with the joke.

Kenan Thompson refused to defend a controversial joke his "Saturday Night Live" castmate Pete Davidson made over the weekend.

Davidson stirred up controversy during a segment on Weekend Update on Saturday, when he made fun of the appearance of Texas Congressional candidate Dan Crenshaw, who lost an eye during a tour of duty in Afghanistan.

Davidson commented that he looked like "a hit man in a porno movie." When the joke didn't land, he laughed it off, saying "I'm sorry, I know he lost his eye in war or whatever."

The joke made headlines over the weekend, with many calling for Davidson to apologize to Crenshaw.

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So when his castmate Thompson appeared on the "Today" show Monday morning, to promote a new film, he was asked to weigh in on the scandal.

"He definitely missed the mark," Thompson said, adding that it was an "unfortunate outcome."

As the son of a Vietnam war veteran, Thompson said, "I personally wouldn't ever necessarily go there."

But he said it's difficult for stand-up comedians to make jokes about serious subjects.

"They're the ones that help us laugh through the most awful things in the first place, so they're always fishing in weird places," he said.

'Getting dumped by your pop star girlfriend is no excuse for lashing out at a decorated war hero'

The backlash came from both sides. Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, was among those who called Davidson out for the joke, saying it was "absolutely appalling."

"No one should ever mock a Veteran for the wounds they received while defending our great nation, regardless of political party or what you think of their politics. Pete Davidson owes Dan Crenshaw an apology,"Duckworth tweeted on Monday.

The National Republican Congressional Committee said Davidson should "immediately" apologize to Crenshaw and to all veterans in a statement Sunday morning, because "they're not laughing."

"Getting dumped by your pop star girlfriend is no excuse for lashing out at a decorated war hero who lost his eye serving his country," NRCC spokesman Jack Pandol said.

Despite the public outcry over the joke, Crenshaw told TMZ on Sunday that he doesn't think that Davidson owes him an apology.

"I want us to get away from this culture where we demand apologies every time someone misspeaks," Crenshaw said.

He also tweeted: "Good rule in life: I try hard not to offend; I try harder not to be offended. That being said, I hope @nbcsnl recognizes that vets don’t deserve to see their wounds used as punchlines for bad jokes."

In addition to mocking politicians, Davidson also took the time to insult his own appearance. Watch the full "SNL" clip below:

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• Pete Davidson caught heat for insulting a war hero during a sketch on last week's "Saturday Night Live" making fun of candidates' looks.
• That war hero, Congressman-elect Dan Crenshaw, appeared on "SNL" this week to hear Davidson's apology.
• Crenshaw trolled Davidson with a ringtone that played an Ariana Grande song. Grande and Davidson split up last month.

Pete Davidson appeared on the Nov. 10 "Weekend Update" segment of "Saturday Night Live" to apologize to veteran and congressman-elect Dan Crenshaw, and this time he brought Crenshaw with him.

"In what I'm sure was a huge shock to people who know me, I made a poor choice last week," Davidson said. "I made a joke about lieutenant commander Dan Crenshaw, and on behalf of the show and myself, I apologize."

After Davidson took a moment to also acknowledge what his mother most be going through ("It can't be easy when everyone's mad at your son and roommate," he said), he reiterated "from the bottom of my heart" that it was a poor choice of words to say, in the Nov. 3 "Weekend Update" segment of the late night sketch comedy that Crenshaw looked like "a hitman from a porno."

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"The man is a war hero and he deserves all of the respect in the world. And if any good came of this, maybe it was that for one day the left and the right finally came together to agree on something — that I'm a dick," Davidson said.

Crenshaw rolled over to Davidson behind the desk to say, "You think?" He also thanked Davidson for "making a Republican look good."

Davidson pointed out that Crenshaw lost his eye to an IED while he was fighting in Afghanistan during his third combat tour. He apologized directly to Crenshaw, who said they were good and the apology was accepted.

They were interrupted by Crenshaw's phone, which rang to the tune of Davidson's ex Ariana Grande's "Breathin."

But that's not where the revenge stopped. Davidson said since he made fun of a picture of Crenshaw the previous week, it was only fair for him to return the favor.

Crenshaw cracked that Davidson looked like the meth from "Breaking Bad" and Martin Short in "The Santa Clause 3," noting that only one of those two men were good on "SNL."

But then he turned more serious to note that from this incident, they learned Americans can forgive one another, and since it was Veterans' Day weekend he wanted everyone to connect with a veteran.

"Maybe say, ‘Thanks for your service,'" he said. "But I would actually encourage you to say something else. Tell a veteran ‘Never forget.' When you say ‘never forget' to a veteran, you are implying that as an American you are in it with them, not separated by some imaginary barrier between civilians and veterans but connected together as grateful fellow Americans who will never forget the sacrifices made by veterans past and present and never forget those we lost on 9/11 — heroes like Pete's father."

The two men shook hands and said "never forget" to each other.

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• Robert De Niro returned to "SNL" Saturday night to play the special counsel Robert Mueller in the cold open.
• In the sketch, De Niro appears as Mueller to bid farewell to former attorney general Jeff Sessions, played by Kate McKinnon.

After Jeff Sessions tendered his resignation as attorney general earlier this week, Kate McKinnon portrayed him for presumably the last time on the Nov. 10 episode of "Saturday Night Live.

 While post-arrest Alec Baldwin was still absent as Donald Trump, Robert De Niro returned as Robert Mueller to send off the former Depart of Justice employee.

In a cold open sketch for the episode that featured "Ray Donovan" star Liev Schreiber as host and Lil Wayne as the musical guest, McKinnon, decked out in her combover wig, prosthetic ears and suit with red tie, popped out from underneath the desk in a set designed to look like Sessions' former office.

Aidy Bryant as Sarah Huckabee Sanders pointed out that it was Matthew Whitaker's office now, to which McKinnon as Sessions replied that it was hard to fathom why the president would hire such a man.

"He's a shady businessman with no experience who's blindly loyal to Donald Trump," McKinnon as Sessions said. "OK hearing it out loud, it makes sense."

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Packing up "the box I was born in," McKinnon as Sessions gathered up important personal items in saying goodbye to the office. This started with a "trusty Bible" with which "I justified a lot of bad things with this book," a picture of a literal family tree, a copy of Bob Woodward's book and "the NAACP's first ironic award."

Beck Bennett as vice president Mike Pence also stopped by to check on Sessions, who showed him his "cute mug" with a confederate flag on it.

"I don't understand what I did wrong," McKinnon as Sessions said. Recounting the 16 months of office, she continued, "I put kids in cages. I said no to gays. What more did y'all want?"

Mikey Day and Alex Moffat as Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, respectively, also visited with Sessions. "You should have stopped this Mueller investigation a long time ago. I mean, there's even a chance they could come after me and Eric," Day as Trump Jr. said.

"Are we going to get some penis?" Moffat as Trump responded.

"No, bud, I told you it's subpoenas, not some penis, which means you could go to jail," Day as Trump Jr. said.

"Where you could get some penis," Moffat as Trump pointed out before showing a drawing he did of a hand turkey — and since his father helped him with it, the middle finger feather was pointing straight up.

McKinnon sat down and gazed at a photo of Baldwin as Donald Trump in the end, noting that, "After all we've been through, I thought you'd at least say goodbye" before launching into Adele's "Someone Like You," which was sung as clips of McKinnon and Baldwin played in the background.

But before McKinnon could launch into the infamous "Live from New York" closer, De Niro as Mueller walked into the office.

"You can't arrest me, I quit, sir," McKinnon as Sessions said.

But instead Mueller just came to say thanks for all he did for the investigation, confirming Sessions did "more than you'll ever know" for it and that he was in the report "a little bit," while Trump was in the report "a lot of bit."

"Well I guess I'm leaving just in time," McKinnon as Sessions said.

Watch the Nov. 10 cold open below:

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• An "SNL" rap called "Permission" that features Future and Lil Wayne is hilarious but also sends a great message about consent reflective of the #MeToo movement.
• Throughout the song, the characters try to prove that they respect women and that they are allies, and willing to learn how to be better.
• The characters even wear Time's Up pins and say, "we're allies in this b----."

An "SNL" rap about butts from Saturday night that features Future and Lil Wayne is hilarious but also sends an important message about consent.

"Permission" starts off introducing the "Booty Kings" played by Chris Redd, Kenan Thompson, and Pete Davidson (as a character called "Uncle Butt").

They're in a music video that appears to be a rap about women's' butts. One of the first things Redd's character says is, "I'm nasty, I'll bite your booty like an apple."

But things take an unexpected turn when Redd and Thompson's characters accept that two women are not interested in them at all.

"Okay sorry, we're just here with our friends," one of the women says. When the Booty Kings tell the women it's cool and to have a good night, the woman, shocked, replies, "Wait? You're just going to respect our wishes?"

The Booty Kings say, "Hell yeah. Times have changed. We have some new respect for stuff."

Then they rap things like, "Drop that booty if you wanna" and, "Shake that booty, it's your choice." Later in the song, they wear Time's Up pins.

Future and Lil Wayne (Saturday night's musical guest) appeared later in the song as themselves.

You can watch "Permission" below:

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• Steve Carell hosted "SNL" for the third time on Saturday.
• During his opening monologue, audience members pressured him to announce a reboot of "The Office."
• He hosted a mini-reunion of cast-members from the show instead.

It has been five years since "The Office" ended its run on NBC, and questions about a reboot are never far from minds when members of the cast are in the public eye.

During Steve Carell's Nov. 17 hosted episode of the Peacock's late night sketch series, "Saturday Night Live," he took the opportunity to fake out the audience with news of a reboot but instead delivered a partial reunion.

During Carell's monologue, he took questions from the audience, including long-time "SNL" player Kenan Thompson and former "The Office" stars Jenna Fischer, Ellie Kemperand Ed Helms.

"It was a great experience, I love all of those people, but I don't think it's the best idea," he said of a reboot. "I think we should just leave it alone."

Carell went on to try to explain in different terms why it might not work, telling Thompson, "It would be like if they wanted you to reboot ‘Kenan & Kel.'"

"That would be an honor," Thompson replied.

Carell reiterated that he didn't think a reboot would be "as good" as the original and that he didn't think it was a good idea — even when Kemper told him she "needed that money."

"I don't think you realize how much money," Helms said. "You wouldn't have to do those sad movies anymore."

Fischer asked Carell if he remembered the "last words Pam secretly whispered to Michael as she left for Denver" on "The Office.""She said, ‘Steve don't be a dick, do the reboot," she said. "Let's just do the damn thing!"

Carell's wife, Nancy Carell, who appeared on "The Office," and children were also in the audience, and they also said they wanted him to do the show. "We don't really need you to hang around anymore. We're good," Nancy Carell said.

Carell asked the audience if a reboot was what they really wanted, and of course that drew loud applause, but he didn't have an actual announcement of one to make. Instead, they were treated to the reunion when his former castmates joined him on stage.

Watch Carell's "SNL" monologue below:

"Saturday Night Live" airs live coast-to-coast Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET / 8:30 p.m. PT on NBC.

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• If you feel like there's so much content on Netflix that you can't keep up, "Saturday Night Live" has a sketch for you. The NBC variety series aired a sketch poking fun at how much original content the streaming service is putting out.
• "In 2019, we'll have even more programming to choose from because we've gone crazy," says a voice-over in the sketch. "That's right, we're spending billions of dollars and making every show in the world. Our goal is the endless scroll."
• The sketch isn't complete hyperbole. In June, The Economist reported Netflix would spend $12-$13 billion on original programming this year.
• Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said in May that Netflix will have 1,000 originals by the end of the year. Netflix originals consist of series licensed from other studios and some shows that are self-produced. 
• Watch the sketch below:

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• Alec Baldwin returned to "Saturday Night Live" to play President Trump a month after he was arrested for allegedly punching someone over a parking spot dispute.
• The seven-minute cold open sketch mocked a talked-about moment from the G20 Summit in Argentina where Vladimir Putin enthusiastically high-fived Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Fred Armisen) as Trump appeared in the background.
• Meanwhile, Ben Stiller returned as Michael Cohen to give Trump an update on the Robert Mueller probe along with Rudy Giuliani (Kate McKinnon). Earlier in the week, Cohen pleaded guilty to making false statements to Congress about his involvement in efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
• Baldwin, as Trump, even poked fun at his November 2 arrest saying, "God, I haven’t been this upset since I flipped out over that parking space."
• The five came together at the end of the video, with Cecily Strong's Melania Trump, to sing a parody of "Evita's""Don't Cry For Me Argentina." Some of the lyrics included Baldwin's Trump singing, "Don't cry for me, Argentina. The truth is, I'm very guilty. Some little no-nos. And maybe treason. But I kept my promise. Oops, no I didn't." Watch the video below.

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• Jason Momoa hosted NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and brought back his "Game of Thrones" character, Khal Drogo, for a hilarious skit. 
• The "Aquaman" star appeared on talk show parody titled "Khal Drogo's Ghost Dogo," and was joined by several "SNL" cast members dressed as killed off "GoT" characters.
• Keenan Thompson played a bloodrider, Beck Bennett portrayed Hodor, Pete Davidson appeared as the High Sparrow, and Kate McKinnon portrayed King Joffrey. 
• Heidi Gardner played Brienne of Tarth, who hasn't been killed on the HBO series yet. 
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• Robert De Niro appeared as Robert Mueller in the cold open for the most recent episode of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," which was hosted by Jason Momoa. 
• In the segment, Donald Trump Jr. (played by Mikey Day) read bedtime stories to Eric Trump (played Alex Moffat) before getting interrupted by Mueller. 

• "People say you're the worst thing that ever happened to my dad," Eric told Mueller.

• In response, De Niro's Mueller said: "No Eric, getting elected president was the worst thing that ever happened to your dad."

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• Pete Davidson made a brief appearance on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" Saturday night to introduce Miley Cyrus and Mark Ronson's second musical performance of the night. 
• There was speculation the comedian wouldn't appear following a disturbing Instagram post he shared Saturday in which he wrote, "I really don't want to be on this earth anymore." He quickly deleted his Instagram account after posting the message.
• Actor Jon Cryer, Davidson's co-star in "Big Time Adolescence,"tweeted that Davidson was "at SNL and accounted for" Saturday afternoon.          
• The New York Times reported that the New York Police Department was contacted by an NBC representative that said Davidson was at work and fine.
• His only other appearance during Saturday's episode was in a pre-taped sketch on celebrity auditions for Oscar host. 
• Cyrus and Ronson performed "(Happy Xmas) War Is Over" with Sean Ono Lennon. 
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