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Michael Che On Joy Reid & Lester Holt’s Departures: “Well, NBC, Only One More To Go”


Hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che tackled Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting with president Donald Trump and MSNBC's cancellation of Joy Reid's show.

He continued, saying Zelenskyy’s appearance on Fox News — where the leader said he thinks he can salvage the diplomatic relationship with Trump — “is like Justin Baldoni saying ‘I’d love to work with Blake again! In a bit of a weak, late joke, Jost also added, “The Oscar campaign for Best Picture nominee Emilia Pérez was badly damaged after problematic old tweets about George Floyd surfaced from transgender star Karla Sofía Gascón, and I think we can all agree: What? With her ditty “I Choose You” — delivered in signature stream of consciousness as opposed to a rhythm with a steady beat and melody — what is presented as a swoon-worthy song is soon revealed to be a stand-in for an exploration of the moral dilemma of the trolley problem.

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