Pete Davidson Plays Novak Djokovic In ‘SNL’ Sketch Mocking Anti-Vax Tennis Star’s Deportation

etcanada.com:

“Saturday Night Live” opened the Jan. 22 show by poking fun at tennis star Novak Djokovic, whose refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccination led him to be deported from Australia ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

In the cold open, Kate McKinnon portrayed Fox News host Laura Ingraham for a faux edition of “The Ingraham Angle”, featuring guests Senator Ted Cruz (Aidy Bryant), right-wing pundit Candace Owens (Ego Nwodim), twice-impeached ex-president Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) and Djokovic, played by Pete Davidson. READ MORE: Howard Stern Slams ‘F**king A**hole’ Novak Djokovic Amid COVID-19 Vaccine Controversy: ‘They Should Throw Him Right The F**k Out Of Tennis’ “Call me by my nickname, the Joker,” said Davidson-as-Djokovic, mimicking his Serbian accent. “Although right now I’m the least popular Joker, except for Jared Leto.” “So Novak, you were deported from Australia for refusing to be vaccinated, and I never thought I would hear myself use the word deported in a bad way,” said McKinnon’s Ingraham. “What happened?” “I went to Australia and my visa was denied, but then I appealed to the judge and this was his ruling…” Davidson’s Djokovic said before a tennis “close call” clip featured an “out” ball.

Ingraham than asked Novak to tell his side of the story “while I stare into the camera like it’s a raw piece of steak.” “You see, people love to tear you off your pedestal, just ’cause you’re really rich, or you’re the best at tennis, or you go to a charity event with 200 kids even though you’re dripping with COVID,” he said. “But in my heart I know that one day people will look back on this moment in history and think, who cares!” READ MORE: Tennis Star Novak Djokovic Destroys Tennis Racket In Fit