Romantic outsider Domingo made his return to “Saturday Night Live” alongside host and musical guest Sabrina Carpenter as politics took a backseat to pop culture.
Carpenter took on hosting duties for the first time and performed hits from her album “Man’s Best Friend” for her dual role for the night. The start of the program was delayed due to college football.
Domingo, now a recurring character played by Marcello Hernandez, returned as Chloe Fineman’s Kelsey, once again humiliating her husband Matt, played by Andrew Dismukes.
Kelsey was focused on Matt’s 30th birthday, with a romantic evening, a table for two, and her best friends, the “Kelsquad,” who sang about their recent trip to Nashville with Kelsey and Domingo.
“D, O, M, I, N, G, O, Sunday!” they sang.
Enter Domingo, traveling Lothario, a singer with a goatee, crooning about the night he and Kelsey spent in Nashville, which he noted caused a noise complaint.
“Kelsey, I’m serious, this is strike six!” Matt warned in frustration.
Politics weren’t completely kept out of the show, as President Donald Trump, played by James Austin Johnson, continued a political strategy of appearing on podcasts.
This time, Trump took a seat at the table hosted by the “Snack Homiez,” a group of 12-year-old boys (and a 13-year-old “dude”) played by Carpenter and the women in the cast. They talked about “GOAT” vegetables and the best Halloween candy.
“Some vegetables are fire and some vegetables are low-key fruits,” Carpenter’s character said on the podcast.
Trump was introduced by podcast host Braylor, played by Fineman: “You know him, he’s all over TikTok: President Donald J. Trump.”
Trump was asked to weigh in on his favorite vegetable.
“I’ve never been a fan of vegetables,” Johnson’s Trump said. “Ding Dongs. I like a Ding Dong.”
“We love little Debbie,” he continued. “She does a tremendous job. It’s horrible what happened to her.”
Johnson’s Trump went off topic in response to a question about his opinion on Airheads candy.
“You know who I like is George Santos,” he told the boys. “He’s weird. He’s a liar. I think he’s great. We don’t know anything about him. He’s one of our favorite people. I don’t know him at all. I don’t know anything about him.”
Trump on Friday commuted the sentence of the former US representative, who served just a few months of a more than seven-year sentence for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Johnson’s Trump referenced the commutation of Santos’ sentence when speaking about the national No Kings Day protests.
“People are marching because they’re happy that he’s free, right?” said of Santos. “It’s a ‘Yes, King’ march.”
“So, if I think about it, maybe, you blue airhead,” Johnson’s Trump finally concluded.
“SNL” airs on NBC, a division of NBCUniversal, which is also the parent company of NBC News.
