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PermalinkSketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" did a bit that mentioned Daily Wire Editor
Emeritus Ben Shapiro in a segment about a college student whose parents overreacted to
him getting an earring.
The bit was part of the latest episode that aired this past Saturday, December 7. In
it, a mother and father welcome their college-aged son (Paul Mescal) home for the
holidays but react in horror when they realize he has gotten his ear pierced.
When his parents express their disdain for the earring, the son asks, "What's the big
deal?"
"What's the big deal? Let me answer that question with another question," the mother
replies. "What's the big deal if I came home one day with skeleton hands tattooed
around my neck?"
"Yeah, what's the big deal?" the father adds. "Maybe I'll show up to work tomorrow
naked? Tell my boss, no it's OK. My son has an earring. We're all free, man."
After the son says the earring is "cool," the parents continue throwing out ridiculous
suggestions that they equate to getting an earring, such as peeing on the floor and
shooting a goat.
Next, the son suggests that his parents might be upset because they think he's gay,
which he denies, then calls them "extremely homophobic."
The parents get even more upset, and the father says, "Poli sci major got us good. Oh,
college student owns Ben Shapiro."
"You think we're homophobic? Your father has been gay for 15 years," the mother retorts.
The bit continues with the parents becoming more and more upset, going as far as
throwing grandma out the window and resorting to self-harm until the bit ends with their
second son arriving home from college. The joke is that he's dressed in all black and
has facial piercings, but the father says, "Oh well that's different, I mean, he looks
good."
The same episode of "SNL" was slammed for making jokes about the murder of
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson during the "Weekend Update" segment.
The episode mocked the NYPD for not having a suspect in custody at the time. Segment
host Colin Jost also said, "It really says something about America that a guy was
murdered in cold blood and the two main reactions were, 'Yeah, well, healthcare stinks!'
And also, 'Girl, that shooter hot.'"