SNL Cold Open: Matt Damon Returns as Brett Kavanaugh in Bar Sketch with Hegseth and Patel
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William Vaillancourt
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Summary
Saturday Night Live's cold open features guest host Matt Damon reprising his role as Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who meets with Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) and Kash Patel (Aziz Ansari) at a Washington, D.C. bar. The sketch humorously depicts Kavanaugh boasting about conservative victories like ending abortion and starting a war, before pivoting to lament about "male loneliness" and wishing the administration had more people who could "really hang."
Key quotes
· 3 pulledI used to have all my buddies to hang out with… I just wish there were more people in this administration who could really hang.
Kavanaugh and Hegseth first boast about they've been up to, like ending abortion and starting a war.
That prompts Kavanaugh to talk about the 'real' war: 'male loneliness.'
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