Saturday Night Live wasted no time mocking this week’s State of the Union address, focusing most of its attention on the Republican rebuttal, which this year came from 42-year-old Alabama Sen. Katie Britt.
Britt was mocked online after the event when her tone changed from dark and sinister to bright and cheerful. Some said her performance was akin to an SNL skit or just bad acting, the kind you’d find in a Lifetime movie.
On Saturday night she was played by actress Scarlett Johansson, 39, in a surprise appearance and hilarious take on the senator, proving that her sense of humor really goes to waste in the superhero movies she’s known for.
‘Good evening, United States, my name is Katie Britt and I am honored to serve the people of the great state of Alabama. But tonight, I will I will be auditioning for the role of ‘Scary Mom’. I’ll be performing an original monologue called “This Country is Hell,” Johansson’s Britt began.
‘You see, I’m not just a senator, I’m a wife, a mother, and the craziest bitch in the Target parking lot, worried about our children’s future.
Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt’s State of the Union response was spoofed by Scarlett Johansson on SNL, who parodied the politician’s dramatic tone.
Alabama Sen. Katie Britt’s performance was mocked online Thursday night.
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He explained that he was in the kitchen because “women love cooking.”
‘I’m worried about our children’s future and that’s why I’ve invited you to this strange, empty kitchen. “Because the Republicans wanted me to appeal to women voters and women love to cook,” she said.
‘You know, my husband Wesley and I spend a lot of time in this kitchen, worrying. “Kitchens are where families have difficult conversations like the one we’re going to have now about how Mom scared the entire country,” he joked.
Johansson’s Britt went on to emphasize that she is a mother and that “like any mother, I’m going to take a turn from nowhere into a shockingly violent story about sex trafficking.” Rest assured, every detail is real except the year, where it took place, and who was the president when it happened,” she continued.
During the real-life Republican response Thursday night, Britt told a story about a sex trafficking victim that she used as fodder to criticize the current chaos at the southern border under the Biden administration.
Johansson’s Britt also attempted to sell her ‘beautiful jeweled cross necklace’ in the middle of her speech in a nod to shopping channel QVC mid-speech.
Scarlett Johansson hilariously parodies Senator Katie Britt’s State of the Union performance (left), while the real Britt can be seen (right).
Scarlett Johansson plays Katie Britt refuting the Republican and her mood goes from dark and emotional to bright and joyful.
Britt seemed at times on the verge of tears sitting at her kitchen table as she criticized policies that President Joe Biden strongly advocated for, making an emotional appeal.
The story was about a woman Britt had met in Texas and told him how she had been trafficked by the cartels.
However, the story was a bit misleading since the person referenced was never trafficked across the border, while the events referenced occurred in Mexico many years ago, during the presidency of George W. Bush (2001-2009).
It’s a fact that wasn’t lost on Johansson’s Britt when she asked, “Ask yourself: Are you better off today than you were four years ago, in the good old days of 2020?” The year when nothing bad happened.’
Johansson then managed to recreate Britt’s strange mannerisms by warning viewers: “Now I will become strangely seductive for no apparent reason.”
Johansson’s Britt also tried to sell her ‘beautiful jeweled cross necklace’ in the middle of her speech in a nod to QVC mid-speech.
“It goes with anything and you can wear it from church to the club,” she joked.
Johansson’s sketch saw her alluding to the film’s ‘Get Out’ pun, while Johansson could be seen stirring a cup of tea with a spoon.
Cameras show Kenan Thompson, clearly terrified, with a single tear running down his cheek.
During the sketch, Johansson’s Britt told viewers, “It’s like I tell my kids every night: We’re immersed in the blood of patriots in a castle made of bones.” Good night kids!’
Johansson’s sketch saw her alluding to the film’s ‘Get Out’ pun, while Johansson could be seen stirring a cup of tea with a spoon, with the cameras cutting to a clearly terrified Kenan Thompson, with a single tear streaming down for his cheek.
He concluded his speech by imitating some of the senator’s actual words: ‘The American people who are fighting right now know this: We hear you. We see you. We smell you. We’re inside your kitchen right now looking through your refrigerator. And what is that on the top shelf? Migrants.’