Colin Jost, a star of 'Saturday Night Live,' revealed Thursday that the sketch show's writers recently crafted a cold open idea involving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, only to discard it as 'too ridiculous.' However, Hegseth, whom Jost has portrayed on the show, ended up performing almost the exact same action 'for real' just two weeks later, Jost told Jimmy Fallon on 'The Tonight Show.'
Jost Recalls the Writers' Room Pitch
Jost recalled pitching ideas in the writers' room: 'I was like, 'Would it be funny if Hegseth just did that Bible verse that they have in 'Pulp Fiction'? Remember, from Ezekiel, Samuel L. Jackson?'' The idea was deemed 'too ridiculous' and feared it 'would take up all this time in the cold open.'
Hegseth's Real-Life Echo
Then Jost noted: 'And then he for real did it, like two weeks later.' Hegseth indeed delivered a prayer at the Pentagon in April that echoed one of Samuel L. Jackson's monologues from the 1994 film 'Pulp Fiction.' Jost joked, 'And I was like, 'Well, the good news is, I'm being surveilled, so that's a relief.''
