Bowen Yang made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live to portray former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to warn a group of tech billionaires about how to decipher between “a woman who would actually want to have sex with you and a woman who is clearly a spy.”
John Mulaney, who served as the host of the episode, kicked off the cold open by welcoming the group of moguls, including Sam Altman (Ben Marshall), Peter Thiel (James Austin Johnson), Elon Musk (Jeremy Culhane), Mark Zuckerberg (Andrew Dismukes) and Dario Amodei (Jane Wickline).
“We are here to discuss an extremely sensitive matter of national security,” Mulaney began.
“America needs you to learn the difference between a woman who would actually want to have sex with you and a woman who is clearly a spy,” he said. “Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned this week after he was caught having an affair with an alleged Chinese spy.”
“What do you think the lesson is here?” he asked, to which Wickline’s Amodei responded, “Never date a Chinese woman.” Dismukes’ Zuckerberg offered, “Never date a human woman.”
“Never date anyone unless they become the Anti-Christ,” Johnson’s Thiel said. Mulaney joked that he needed to “chill with the Anti-Christ stuff,” which prompted him to respond, “Show us some respect. We do a lot for this country. Name one time technology has let us down.”
The comedian then pointed to current events: “Yesterday, when every plane in America was granded.” Thiel asked for “one more” example, which Mulaney affirmed, “The day before that when Microsoft Outlook went dark!”
He then showed the tech billionaires a few venn diagrams to try and spell things out for the men, making way for Yang’s surprise return. “You know what, maybe what would help is if I hand it over to someone who learned this lesson the hard way,” Mulaney said, as the former SNL star then entered the scene.
“It’s me! Jensen ‘hide your wife’ Huang!” Yang said. “When you invite Jensen over, you know it’s about to go down.”
He joked, “Fellas, don’t be like me. Remember, women don’t like guys like us. That’s how we became guys like us.”
Yang exited the SNL cast last December, with Saturday’s cameo marking his first appearance on the show since he left. He departed the series mid-season 51 with a heartfelt farewell sketch alongside Ariana Grande, who hosted the episode.
Later in the episode, Yang also appeared in a sketch as Mary Todd Lincoln, the role he began performing on Broadway in this September in Oh, Mary! He sang a spoof of “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going,” which prompted Mulaney to joke, “Wow! Now that’ll turn Abraham straight again.”
It was also announced in the episode that Amanda Seyfried will host the Dec. 5 episode of SNL, with Don Toliver as musical guest.
During Mulaney’s monologue, he did a light Robert F. Kennedy Jr. impression, which merely turned out to be more of a criticism of the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
He started by explaining that as a father, he often is around a lot of toddlers. “Whenever I’m with my son’s 4-year-old, 5-year-old friends, whenever I’m with a group of toddlers at art camp, preschool play dates, there’s always at least one little kid who for some reason, has a very scratchy or hoarse voice.”
“Whenever a few are at my house, there’s always one like, ‘Do you have water balloons?’ Like, ‘Do you live alone?’” Mulaney said, continuing to repeat questions that his children’s friends ask him, using a raspy voice while saying, “I’m the US Secretary of Health and Human Services. My father was a good man, and I’m a lousy man, but I have same name. Am I good if I have same name as father?”
Mulaney continued his impression, “No, please, let me be in charge of your bone and your tummy. Please allow me to control how your blood feels in your butt and everywhere. Stop the science! Robitussin taken during menstruation will cause telekinesis. This is clear from the pamphlets in my rental car.’”
He then returned to his own voice, continuing to criticize RFK Jr. “I have right-wing friends that used to be down with him, no one likes him. You dumbass: Your thing can’t be the measles.”
Mulaney previously served as an SNL writer from 2008-2012. Although he was never a castmember, he has since returned to the show multiple times since his departure, making a plethora of cameos and hosting seven times.
The comedian was joined by Phoebe Bridgers as musical guest, marking her second solo appearance (she’s also been on SNL as part of the musical group Boygenius).
So far on season 52, Jalen Brunson, Dakota Johnson, Shane Gillis, Inde Navarrette and Druski have each hosted.
