Michael Che pulled off an April Fools’ Day prank on Colin Jost that his “Weekend Replace” co-host will not quickly neglect. Throughout Saturday’s episode of “Saturday Evening Dwell,” which was hosted by Quinta Brunson, Che and Jost anchored what seemed to be a regular “Weekend Replace” filled with jokes in regards to the current indictment of former president Donald Trump. However sadly for Jost, none of his jokes appeared to land.
The longtime “SNL” star made cracks about an inevitable Stormy Daniels film and the previous president’s lawyer, which had been greeted with well mannered giggles. Then Che advised a Trump-themed joke and the gang went wild. When Che tossed the section again to Jost, his co-host was beginning to look nervous when somebody within the viewers shouted, “You stink!” Poor Jost buried his head in his fingers as Che revealed that he advised the viewers to not chuckle at his buddy’s jokes.
“I advised them to not chuckle at you for April Fools’,” Che confessed. A relieved Jost shared simply how panicked he was changing into. “I used to be like, ‘am I not mic’d?'” he laughed. “After which I used to be like, ‘Oh, I simply suck.'”
Che tried to proceed on, however Jost was nonetheless reeling from his scare. “You are evil,” he joked. When his co-host tossed the section again to him once more after the prank reveal, Jost could not maintain it collectively. “That is the meanest factor you have ever carried out to me,” he mentioned. “I am lined in sweat.”
For his half, Che could not assist however chuckle as the gang tried to make his pal really feel higher with an enormous cheer. However Jost wasn’t having it. “Do not you even dare strive that now,” he advised the viewers.
Even when it did go away his co-host sweating, Che’s prank was ingenious — and it ought to encourage Jost to attempt to provide you with one thing equally diabolical for Che in time for the present’s subsequent April Fools’ Day episode.