Romantic party crasher 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 over hosting duties for the first time and performed hits from her album “Man’s Best Friend” for her double-duty role for the night. The show’s start was delayed because of college football.
Domingo, now a recurring character played by Marcello Hernández, returned as Chloe Fineman’s Kelsey once again humiliated husband Matt, played by Andrew Dismukes.
Kelsey was focused on Matt’s 30th birthday, with a romantic night out, a table for two and her best friends, the “Kelsquad,” which sang about their recent trip to Nashville with Kelsey — and Domingo.
“D, O, M, I, N, G, O, Domingo!” they sang.
Enter Domingo, traveling Lothario, goateed singer, crooning about the night he and Kelsey had in Nashville, which, he noted, triggered a noise complaint.
“Kelsey, I’m serious, this is strike six!” a frustrated Matt warned.
Politics weren’t kept completely 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 one 13-year-old “unc” — portrayed by Carpenter and women on the cast. They discussed “GOATed” vegetables and best Halloween candies.
“Some vegetables are fire, and some vegetables low-key be a fruit,” 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 with his favorite vegetable.
“I’ve never been one for the veggies,” said Johnson’s Trump. “Ding Dongs. I like a Ding Dong.”
“We love Little Debbie,” he continued. “She does tremendous work. It’s awful what happened to her.”
Johnson’s Trump meandered off-topic in response to a question about his thoughts on Airheads candy.
“You know who I do 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 U.S. representative, who served only a few months of a more than seven-year sentence for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Johnson’s Trump referenced Santos’ commutation as he spoke about the day’s nationwide No Kings protests.
“The people are marching because they’re happy he’s free, right?” he said of Santos. “It’s a ‘Yes, King’ march.”
“So, maybe if I think about it, blue Airhead,” Johnson’s Trump finally concluded.
“SNL” airs on NBC, a division of NBCUniversal, which is also the parent company of NBC News.
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