SNL roasts Tucker Carlson in chaotic Met Gala rant filled with absurd outrage

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Saturday Night Live once again found political comedy gold on May 9, this time by unleashing a brutal parody of Tucker Carlson that turned a conversation about celebrity fashion into a full-scale satire of culture war outrage.

With cast member Jeremy Culhane stepping into Carlson’s familiar deadpan stare and conspiratorial cadence, the sketch quickly spiraled from red carpet commentary into one of the sharpest and funniest segments of the night.

A fashion conversation in Carlson-style outrage

The segment began with Colin Jost introducing Carlson as the perfect person to react to this year’s Met Gala.

Culhane, fully in character, immediately highlighted the star-studded event as evidence of a civilization in decline.

“The Met Gala... a night of fashion and fun. Huh? Really?” he said, pausing dramatically before leaning into the camera.

“Let’s all prance around in our $100,000 clown outfits and watch the American empire crumble.”

The audience burst into laughter as Jost asked if he truly hated the event.

Instead of answering directly, the parody Carlson launched into a bizarre breakdown of celebrity outfits, beginning with Dwayne Johnson.

“When I go to a museum, I don’t want to learn history,” he snapped. “I want to look at The Rock in a skirt. You smell what The Rock is cooking? Because I do. It’s gender confusion.”

Jost attempted to calm the segment down by reminding him that the event was meant to be fun, but that only pushed the impersonation further into absurdity.

Culhane's Tucker slams celebs

From there, Culhane’s Carlson moved rapidly from one celebrity to another, finding outrage in nearly everything.

He mocked Madonna’s elaborate headwear, sarcastically declaring, “My favorite thing about the mother of Jesus Christ? The giant pirate ship on her head.”

Then came model Heidi Klum, whose sculptural red-carpet look inspired another exaggerated complaint.

“The left has finally done it,” he declared. “They put the Statue of Liberty in a burka.”

Jost repeatedly tried to steer the conversation back to fashion, but the parody Carlson had other plans. At one point, he bizarrely began questioning the spelling of the state of Maine.

“M-A-I-N-E. The E is silent. But who silenced it and why?”

A visibly confused Jost interrupted, “What are you even talking about right now?”

The sketch reached its loudest audience response when Culhane turned to Jaafar Jackson, who is set to portray Michael Jackson in a recent biopic.

“People are upset about that movie, and they should be,” Culhane said. “The film ends in 1988, so clearly they skipped over something serious.”

After a long pause, he delivered the punchline, “I’m talking about the part of Michael Jackson’s life when he was a white man.” The studio erupted.