During 'Weekend Update' segment in the new episode of the hit comedy show, Colin Jost and Michael Che also joke about the 'Donda' artist being ditched by brands.
- Oct 31, 2022
AceShowbiz - "Saturday Night Live" spoofed Kanye West's unannounced visit to Skechers in a new skit during the Saturday, October 29 episode. The said sketch featured the hit NBC comedy show's cast members poking fun at Ye being kicked out of the shoe brand's headquarters in a faux ad.
"Here at Skechers, we pride ourselves on two things: Making stylish, comfortable shoes at an affordable price, and having zero tolerance for anti-Semitism," Cecily Strong, who portrayed a marketing director for the brand, said in the skit that was titled "Skechers Commercial".
Bowen Yang, who played a director global business of the brand, added, "That's why this week, when Kanye West showed up at our corporate office asking to work with us, we said no." He continued, "And we immediately escorted him out of the building."
Strong's character stressed, "Like the rest of the country, we were appalled by Kanye's horrific comments, and we vowed to never work with him in any capacity." However, she appeared to be happy with the fact that "of all the companies he could have approached and been rejected by, he chose Skechers."
Yang, meanwhile, questioned, "What would you call a Kanye Skechers shoe anyway, a Skeezy?" before adding, "Two years ago, can you imagine the headline, 'Skechers too good for Kanye?' "
The skit further took a jab at major fashion companies, including Adidas, which took several days to sever ties with the 45-year-old rapper/designer over his anti-Semitic tirade. "It took Adidas so many days to decide not to work with him. He walked in, we were, 'buy, buh-bye, door,' " Strong said in character.
Toward the end of the fake commercial, Yang poked fun at Crocs which remains silent on Ye's drama. "I'm sure Kanye will find a morally dubious company to work with instead," he continued before James Austin Johnson appeared as Donald Trump supporter Michael J. Lindell who announced a fake My Pillow collaboration with Ye.
Colin Jost and Michael Che also joked about Ye being ditched by brands during "Weekend Update" segment. "Is it just me or did half of the companies that dropped Kanye sound fake?" Jost asked. "I saw the headline, 'TJ Maxx cuts Yeezy-branded merchandise amid Kanye West fallout.' I was like, did Kanye know he worked for TJ Maxx?"
"Also unless we already associate you with Kanye, you didn't have to announce that you were cutting ties. We didn't need Peloton to announce, 'We're no longer playing Kanye's music.' Thanks, Peloton, now we can rest easy knowing we won't hear 'Gold Digger' while we have a heart attack on your bike," he continued.
Companies such as Adidas, Balenciaga and Gap announced that they cut ties with Ye after he enraged people with his "White Lives Matter" T-shirt and anti-Semitic comments. Following the fallout, the "Donda" artist admitted that he lost $2 million dollars in one day.
