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'SNL' roasts 'Fox & Friends,' Mike Lindell over Dominion voting lawsuit, Travis Kelce hosts

The $1.6 billion lawsuit filed by Dominion voting systems against Fox News took center stage Saturday during the opening sketch of "Saturday Night Live."

Standing in for the real "Fox & Friends" trio of Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade were Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner and Bowen Yang. They tried to explain away recently revealed texts send by Fox hosts, which cast doubt on 2020 election fraud complaints despite giving them credibility on air, insisting that only a portion of those emails were released.

Day noted that a real text saying "Rudy Giuliani is insane" was meant to read "insanely hot, and I want to lick that dye off his head," a reference to a mishap when Giuliani's hair dye apparently ran during a news conference at Republic National Committee headquarters.

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The trio then invited Trump supporter Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, to the program, warning him to avoid saying anything disparaging about Dominion because of the lawsuit. Played by SNL's new Trump impersonator James Austin Johnson, Lindell proceeded to announce that each voting machine actually contained "a Venezuelan oompa-loompa inside that eats the votes with its little mouth."

But first, Gardner's Earhardt also confused Fox Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch with recently convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh.

“This whole trial has been so unfair. They are raking him over the coals. Rupert Murdoch would never murder anyone!" she insisted. "They sent him away for life. Look how sad he looks.” 

After the photo of Murdaugh flashed onscreen, she quickly covered: "Well, we just blew the case wide open. They got the wrong guy."

Saturday's episode was hosted by Travis Kelce, the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs tight end, whose entire family was in attendance, including brother Jason, center for the losing Philadelphia Eagles.

Jason Kelce even made it into a skit, playing opposite his brother in a bar skit as Gardner's new boyfriend.

Kelsea Ballerini was the night's musical guest.

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