Cast members hoped they could avoid ending up on Trump's "list of enemies" by lavishing him in praise during the show's first post-election episode.

Cast members on 'Saturday Night Live' jokingly declared their allegiance to the president-elect during the show's latest cold open

The segment ended with Dana Carvey’s impression of Musk, celebrating Trump’s win in front of the group of castmembers. On X — formerly Twitter — later that night, Musk wrote in response to the bit that “ SNL has been dying slowly for years, as they become increasingly out of touch with reality.”