SNL Cold Open: Message On Israel-Gaza From Pete Davidson

Saturday Night Live opened the show this week without the usual parody cold open, but instead with a more serious monologue on the Israel-Hamas war from host Pete Davidson. Ordinarily, the cast of the long-running sketch show performs the cold open before the opening credits, a long-running gag in which the show performs a parody — usually related to current events — that ends with performers breaking character and exclaiming “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” But on this week’s edition of Saturday Night Live, in a rare departure,...