The actor previously parodied the Tesla CEO during the March 1 episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’
Mike Myers was back on Saturday Night Live as Elon Musk — with a special nod to one of his most iconic film characters.
During the March 8 episode of the late-night comedy sketch series, which saw Lady Gaga pull double duty as the host and the musical guest, Myers, 61, reprised his parody of the Tesla CEO during the show’s Cold Open, after doing the same last weekend.
Poking fun at the reported clash between Musk, 53, Marco Rubio and other political officials that is said to have recently took place at the White House, James Austin Johnson‘s Donald Trump and Marcello Hernandez‘s Rubio went back and forth about Musk’s involvement in the politician’s administration, before Myers appeared onscreen to thunderous applause.
“I can’t believe this is the guy you’ve given access to the entire government. He’s not an elected official,” Hernandez’s Rubio said, before he and Myers as Musk continued to fight. But, as Johnson’s Trump got in the middle of their bickering, the camera panned in to Myers, who did a voiceover as Musk.
“Phase one of my plan is complete: ingratiate yourself to the president and take over the media. But, was taking this job a bad idea? A lot of people seem to really hate me, like, Tesla stock is really crashing, and my personal net worth just dropped by 100 billion dollars,” Myers said, putting his pinky to his lips, mimicking an infamous move made by his iconic Austin Powers character, Dr. Evil.
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SNL’s political parody also included mentions of moments that took place when Trump, 78, spoke to Congress on March 4, when he boasted of his administration’s accomplishments in his first days of office.
Early in his speech, Trump compared himself to George Washington, the first person to hold the office of the President of the United States, stating, without citing any source, “It has been stated by many that the first month of our presidency … is the most successful in the history of our nation.”
Trump later took aim at his predecessor, Joe Biden, claiming that “egg prices are out of control” because of him, before he outlined a list of spending, mostly to foreign nations, that he called “appalling waste” — including “$8 million for making mice transgender.” (This was something Republican Representative Nancy Mace had blasted in a subcommittee hearing in February.)
The politician also claimed that the United States is going to get Greenland “one way or another” and that his administration has its sights set on going to Mars.
