SNL U.K. is simply doing what it does best β holding powerful figures accountable through satirical comedy. The sketch is political commentary, nothing more.
The internet is having a field day with this one. Fans are calling it the most unhinged cold open in SNL U.K. history β and they're not wrong. The 'wink wink' line about liking poor people is already a meme.
The sketch aired April 11, 2026 on SNL U.K.'s fourth episode. Earlier that week, Melania Trump released a statement saying 'The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today.' Kanye West's Wireless Festival gig was canceled after backlash over his past antisemitic comments.
SNL U.K. just served up the most audacious cold open of the year β and honestly? We're here for it. This is exactly the kind of no-holds-barred satire that holds the powerful accountable while we all watch from our couches.
Saturday Night Live U.K. just went where few sketch shows dare to go. The fourth episode of the British version opened with a cold open that simultaneously roasted Melania Trump's recent statement on Jeffrey Epstein and Kanye West's catastrophic Wireless Festival booking β because why address one scandal when you can roast two?
The sketch kicked off with cast members Jack Shep, Al Nash and Annabel Marlow enjoying a rare moment of London sunshine while playing a game of "Never Have I Ever." Things started light β "Never have I ever kissed two boys on one night," offered Shep, to which Marlow cheerfully replied: "Guilty!" But the game took a sharp turn when Marlow dropped: "Never have I ever accidentally booked a Neo-Nazi to headline a music festival for three nights" β a clear reference to the recently canceled Wireless Festival, which was set to feature West as headliner before the plug was pulled.
"Girl, you said you wouldn't bring that up!" Shep fired back. And then things got really interesting.
Enter Emma Sidi as Melania Trump, emerging from behind a bush with all the subtlety of a diplomatic crisis. "Never have I ever been friends with Jeffrey Epstein!" she declared to the apparent shock of the other three players. Sidi's Melania then pivoted to "Truth or Dare," starting with a doozy: "How dare you accuse me of female friendship with short-haired sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell?"
The sketch didn't stop there. When Marlow asked why Melania kept "bringing up all the Epstein stuff," Shep added: "Yeah, like, your husband literally started a war to distract us all from it." Ouch. Earlier this week, the First Lady released a statement denying any relationship with Epstein or Maxwell, saying "The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today."
The finale? Sidi's Melania, desperate for new friends since "they all died in a maximum security prison," offered up "two truths and a lie": "I love my new friends, I like poor people β wink, wink β and live from London, it's Saturday Night!"
That's cold open comedy with no chill. And we're here for every scandalous minute.
