{"id":467183,"date":"2026-05-04T01:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/467183\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T01:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:14:12","slug":"first-indian-person-to-suck-at-their-job-snl-mocks-kash-patel-with-aziz-ansari-cameo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/467183\/","title":{"rendered":"‘First Indian person to suck at their job’: SNL mocks Kash Patel with Aziz Ansari cameo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'First Saturday Night Live has drawn attention after a recent episode featured a surprise cameo by actor-comedian Aziz Ansari<\/a>, who portrayed FBI director Kash Patel<\/a> in a satirical cold open that went viral.The sketch took aim at Patel\u2019s leadership and public image. Ansari\u2019s version of the official addressed reporters in exaggerated fashion and joking about his own performance in office.\u201cYou guys should not be reporting the lies and the gossip,\u201d Ansari\u2019s Patel told reporters.He added: \u201cYou should be reporting on the historic nature of my appointment. I\u2019m a trailblazer. I\u2019m the first Indian person to suck at their job.\u201dIn the segment, the character continued with self-deprecating humour and Indian stereotypes, saying, \u201cEveryone says Indian people are smart, hardworking, incredibly intelligent. I\u2019ve proved without a shadow of a doubt that we can be just as incapable and incompetent as the whites.\u201dThe sketch also referenced ongoing reports about Patel\u2019s behaviour and competence in office, including claims about heavy drinking issues, missing meetings, using federal resources for personal leisure, and also giving special privileges to his girlfriend and country singer Alexis Wilkins. These were played for comedic effect, with Ansari\u2019s character dismissing them in an over-the-top manner.\u201cLet me be clear: this FBI director has never been drunk or hungover on the job,\u201d he said.He went on to add, \u201cAnd this FBI director has definitely not stood on top of a couch at the VIP room of Tao Nightclub and Asian Bistro and shouted, \u2018Who wants the nuclear codes?!\u2019\u201dThe appearance comes after months of online speculation that Ansari would eventually be cast in the role, with fans on social media suggesting he would be a natural fit for the satire. A viral post on Reddit received tens of thousands of upvotes calling for his casting.The sketch also touched on political rumours surrounding Patel\u2019s standing with US President Donald Trump, portraying him as overly confident about his position despite speculation of him being axed from the administration.\u201cPresident Trump loves me,\u201d the character said.He added: \u201cEverybody loves me. Even the correspondents\u2019 dinner shooter said, \u2018Kill everyone but Mr. Patel.\u2019 You get a shoutout like that in a psycho\u2019s manifesto, you must be doing something right.\u201dThe line referenced the recent DC shooting at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, where a gunman reportedly attempted to breach the venue while Trump and senior officials were present. Everyone was safely evacuated, although a security agent was injured. Authorities later discovered a 1,000-word manifesto written by the suspected shooter, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen. In the document, the shooter allegedly expressed intent to target senior Trump administration figures but named Kash Patel as someone he intended to spare.Reporters in the SNL sketch also questioned the character about alleged technical issues at work, including claims he once struggled to log into a computer system. It was a reference to the instance where Kash thought he was fired and locked out of the system.\u201cThat\u2019s just more lies,\u201d Ansari\u2019s Patel said.He added: \u201cI\u2019ve always been able to log into my e-mail, except for a brief 36-hour period of time when I forgot I had changed my password to CashMeOutside69.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday Night Live has drawn attention after a recent episode featured a surprise cameo by actor-comedian Aziz Ansari,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[31653,205111,18,117,205110,19,17,14805,3605,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-467183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-aziz-ansari","9":"tag-comedy-sketch","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-fbi-director","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-kash-patel","16":"tag-saturday-night-live","17":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116513660491960643","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}