Aziz Ansari’s Kash Patel Partners Up With Colin Jost’s Pete Hegseth to Talk Iran, Rising Prices on ‘SNL’

May 2, 2026 9:22pm PT Aziz Ansari’s Kash Patel Partners Up With Colin Jost’s Pete Hegseth to Talk Iran, Rising Prices on ‘SNL’

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This week’s episode of “Saturday Night Live” stared with a political cold open that brought Aziz Ansari to the sketch show.

The segment began with Ashley Padilla’s Karoline Leavitt launching a press briefing at the White House.

“You know I’m going on maternity leave, which is when you ask President Trump about his maternity, and he says, ‘Leave,'” she snarked.

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