After Standing Up for Immigrants, Charles Barkley Sounds Off About Iran, Artemis II Moon Mission and Pam Bondi in ‘SNL’ March Madness Opener
After Charles Barkley spoke about immigrants during a recent segment covering March Madness, this week’s “Saturday Night Live” cold open began with him opining on other issues.
Barkley, as played by Kenan Thompson, was quick to venture from the topic of college basketball and into hot topic current events, such as American intervention in Iran and the Artemis II Moon Mission.
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“Waste of money,” Thompson-as-Barkley said of the space mission.” “People going to the moon and they just fly around.”
Later on, Barkely spoke about President Trump’s firing of attorney general Pam Bondi, who, portrayed by Ashley Padilla, joined the segment as well.
“So great to be here at the final four…years of this country,” Padilla-as-Bondi said. “I’m sorry, Charles, but I can’t let the lies you said about me go unanswered. The truth is I was amazing at my job, and I’m proud to say I made history as the first woman ever to be fired as attorney general. I shattered that glass exit door. I miss it already, and they threw my headshot into the trash like it was the Epstein files. What am I going to do?”
Watch the cold open below.
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