“Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live” Goes Awry

Colin Jost's jokes fall flat during "Weekend Update" on "Saturday Night Live," causing audience backlash and Michael Che to take over.

“Saturday Night Live” Host Colin Jost Receives Little Laughter on April Fool’s Day

During the “Weekend Update” segment, Colin Jost’s jokes fell flat with the audience, causing Michael Che to break out in laughter. After Jost made jokes about the indictment of former President Trump, he received minimal laughs.

Che took a crack at the same subject and received huge laughs from the audience.

Finally, Jost was able to compose himself and continued with his next joke. However, the audience was still laughing, and Jost jokingly accused Che of turning the audience against him.