Matt Damon Revives Iconic Impression for All-Star ‘SNL’ Cold Open
The Daily Beast • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Matt Damon returned to Saturday Night Live to reprise his role as Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, this time portraying him in a relaxed bar setting with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, played by Colin Jost.
- The sketch humorously referenced the Supreme Court’s recent 6-3 decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act, with Kavanaugh showing a satirical drawing related to Tennessee’s proposed congressional map.
- Aziz Ansari also returned as FBI Director Kash Patel, joking about Patel’s reported habit of carrying personalized bottles of Woodford Reserve bourbon labeled with his name and title.
- The cold open contrasted Damon’s 2018 portrayal of an angry, hysterical Kavanaugh with a more casual and celebratory character in light of recent political events.
