‘Saturday Night Live’ Cold Open Skewers Internet Mania for ‘Sexy Slayer’ CEO Killer, Nancy Grace and YouTube Ad Breaks

variety.com:

Andrés Buenahora “Saturday Night Live‘s” cold open took direct aim at the internet obsession about Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of the United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson with a sketch that featured Sarah Sherman as true crime maven Nancy Grace. “Y’all psychos find him a sex symbol,” Sherman as Grace told the audience in diving into the shocking story of the brazen Dec.

4 slaying in Manhattan of Thompson walked to an investor conference. With over-the-top tabloid delivery Grace observed that Mangione “has women and gay guys hot and bothered,” describing him as “Dave Franco with Eugene Levy’s eyebrows.” Kenan Thompson appeared later in the sketch as a man on the street who happened to encounter the killer.

Interviewing him at the McDonald’s where the alleged killer was caught, Grace asked Thompson’s character “can you believe people were attracted to this sexy slayer?” To which Thompson replied, “Women love bad boys.” He also referenced the alleged manifesto against the health care industry that Mangione is alleged to have written and made available online. “Back in the day, you could impress women with a little poem.

Now you have to write a manifesto.” The cold open also poked fun at the experience of watching a video on YouTube when a jarring ad break hits mid-sentence.