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Bowen Yang Returns as Jensen Huang in SNL Cold Open
Bowen Yang returned to Saturday Night Live to play Jensen Huang in the cold open. Host John Mulaney played a CIA agent teaching tech billionaires to spot spies.
- 5 cast members played Altman, Thiel, Musk, Zuckerberg and Amodei.
- Mulaney's agent used Venn diagrams to separate genuine romantic interest from spies.
- Mulaney's character also joked about a nationwide flight grounding and a Microsoft Outlook outage.
- 7th hosting stint for Mulaney, a former SNL writer.
Why it matters: Huang resigned as Nvidia CEO after admitting a relationship with a woman reportedly suspected of spying for China. Nvidia shares fell after the revelations.
- Reports also allege Huang, who is married, had relationships with Nvidia employees.
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Center coverage, 2 sources: The center frames the sketch as a jab at tech moguls' vulnerability to honeytrap schemes.
Left coverage, 3 sources: The left reads the sketch as satire of tech billionaires' outsized influence and of recent technology failures.
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What’s next: Mulaney's John Madden biopic opens Nov. 18 on Prime Video and in limited theaters.
- Amanda Seyfried hosts Dec. 5, with Don Toliver as musical guest.
- Outlets disagree on whether Mulaney or Yang delivered the S&P 500 punchline.
- Whether further allegations against Huang will emerge remains unclear from the coverage.
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