‘Saturday Night Live’ Spoofs George Santos’ Fabulist Claims And His Fabulous Drag Performer Past - Yahoo Entertainment

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Coming disconnected a vacation break, Saturday Night Live went with embattled congressman George Santos’ fabulist past claims for its acold unfastened contiguous portion besides spoofing his alleged past arsenic a resistance performer.

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The sketch aired conscionable hours aft the existent Santos responded to reports that helium was a resistance performer erstwhile helium lived successful Brazil. Reporters caught up with him astatine New York’s La Guardia Airport, and helium told them, “I was not a resistance queen successful Brazil. I was young and I had amusive astatine a festival.”

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That non-denial denial was beauteous overmuch the taxable of the SNL opener, acceptable up arsenic a conception of Fox NFL Sunday with Santos, played by Bowen Yang, arsenic 1 of the correspondents.

When the Fox NFL Sunday hosts chopped to Santos, reporting from the field, helium told them, “I’m benignant of the existent Bo Jackson, and I’m arrogant to beryllium archetypal African American backmost to ever dunk a football.”

After making galore much claims astir his shot greatness, Santos past is called retired connected it. One of the hosts questioned whether helium played shot astatine all.

“Well, I didn’t bash resistance successful Brazil,” helium responded. “I didn’t bash resistance successful Brazil nether the sanction Kitara Ravache! Whoever did that was very, precise bully astatine it and won many, galore pageants.”

On Friday, Politico reported that, contempt Santos’ archetypal denial that helium was a “drag queen,” helium appeared to person erstwhile written that helium performed successful resistance shows connected a Wikipedia page, on with claims that helium appeared connected the amusement Hannah Montana.

Then the hosts chopped away. But moments later, arsenic Fox NFL Sunday big Howie Long (Mikey Day) tried to spell to different analogous successful the field, Kitara Ravache chopped in.

When the hosts object, Santos told them, “I’m not George. I’m Kitara Ravache!”

“Now let maine to springiness you my existent stats: Death drops, 26. Duck walks, 19. Wigs snatched, infinity. … And I was besides fixed the grant for tightest tuck.”

The existent Santos has been successful the spotlight since reports surfaced that helium lied astir cardinal details connected his resume. Santos has admitted to falsehoods astir his background, but helium has refused to resign, adjacent arsenic a fig of New York Republicans person called for him to measurement down.

Santos’ existent oregon imagined past suggests a tendency for the spotlight, thing helium undoubtedly got being archetypal up connected tonight’s SNL.

Watch the sketch above.

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