Saturday Night Live is getting ready to kick off its 40th season later this month, with host Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy) and musical guest Ariana Grande. This season will feature two first for Weekend Update. Cecily Strong is leaving the desk to appear in more sketches, which we can only hope means the return of the drunk girl at the party. In her stead, Colin Jost will be joined by Michael Che, marking the first time two men have hosted together and making Che the first black Weekend Update host. Che joined the show has a writer last year. Che also recently joined the staff of The Daily Show as a correspondent.
Jay Pharoah, tweeted his congratulations to the new cast member, writing:
“So happy for my brother @CheThinks getting update, as a friend and a fellow comedian I couldn't be more excited for him!!”
Comedy film writer/producer/director and all around Hollywood bigshot, Judd Apatow, also tweeted his congratulations, adding:
“Congrats @CheThinks on the new SNL Weekend Update gig. It is going to be great! You are following in the footsteps of Charles Rocket!”
Rocket of course was a former SNL cast member who was fired after dropping a F-Bomb on live TV.
Even Brooks Wheelan, who was recently fired from the series, got in on the action, tweeting:
“What the heck @CheThinks? Thought we left that place together. A real stab in the back. Alright fine, I'll come back too.”
Of course this means that Che will have to leave his day job at The Daily Show. He took the time to thank Jon Stewart and the crew:
“i wanna thank Jon & the entire @TheDailyShow staff for letting me do this. i had a FANTASTIC time there. 1st class all the way”
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