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Weekend Update’s Colin Jost Derides Right-Wing Ire At First American Pope: “There Are No Woke Catholics”
Weekend Update had its fun with the headlines, including the naming of the new sovereign of the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV, the first American in the role.
Born Robert Prevost, Jost continued that “you can tell he’s from the South Side [of Chicago] because he’s got his hands up,” which elicited a mix of laughs and hesitant reactions from the audience. “This pick was a welcome surprise for me because when I heard the pope was a super-religious guy from Chicago in a funny robe, I was worried it was Kanye,” he said, referencing the rapper’s recent affinity for white supremacist ideologies. Addressing right-wing ire and assertions that the new pick is too progressive, Jost quipped, “I also love that conservatives are already complaining this pope is too woke.
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