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<\/p>\nThey say life imitates art, and that very much has been true over the last several years for comedies making fun of the Trump administration \u2014 including \u201cSNL.\u201d According to Colin Jost, he and the writers actually scrapped an idea for a Pete Hegseth sketch because it was \u201ctoo ridiculous,\u201d only to have it actually happen shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n
The \u201cWeekend Update\u201d anchor stopped by \u201cThe Tonight Show\u201d on Thursday night, explaining to host Jimmy Fallon how he came to be the NBC sketch comedy\u2019s resident Hegseth impersonator. He also detailed how they come up with sketches for the character, and revealed that they very recently hit the nail on the head, just unknowingly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were pitching ideas for one of the cold opens, like, two months ago. And I was like, Would it be funny if Hegseth just did that Bible verse that they have in \u2018Pulp Fiction?\u2019\u201d Jost recalled.<\/p>\n
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For those unfamiliar, in the film, Samuel L. Jackson\u2019s character recites an Ezekiel verse, albeit a bit misquoted. But, according to Jost, the idea was quickly discarded.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe talked about it, and we were like, \u2018That would be too ridiculous. That would be \u2014 and it would take up all this time in the cold open, it would seem like we wouldn\u2019t \u2013\u2018\u201d he said. \u201cAnd then he for real did it. Like two weeks later!\u201d<\/p>\n
Indeed, last month, the Secretary of Defense really did quote the movie<\/a> during a service at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n You can watch Colin Jost\u2019s full appearance on \u201cThe Tonight Show\u201d in the video above.<\/p>\n
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