“SNL” star Bowen Yang said goodbye to ousted manager George Santos with a swan song and a dance full of lies on Saturday night.
At a news conference outside the Capitol building following his ouster, Santos, played by Yang, insisted that the entire country was attacking and intimidating him because he was a “proud gay thief.”
“Since the day I was elected, it has been a witch hunt, but if I am guilty of anything it is of loving too much, of fraud,” he said with a coat over his shoulders, during the program’s “Cold Open.” “
“Now I’m sure that you bloodthirsty jackals in the media have a thousand mean and nasty questions you’re dying to ask me, come on,” Santos says before a journalist responds: “You called this press conference, no one asked you to do this.” “
While calling reporters to ask questions, Santos attempted to trick them by asking for their personal banking information, such as their bank routing number, their mother’s maiden name, and their childhood pet, the latter of which was answered.
Now stripped of his congressional duties, Santos referred to himself by his new title of “Professor, Major, General, Reverend, Astronaut Santos, Protector of the Kingdom and Princess of Genovia,” the fictional country of the film series “ “The Princess Diaries.”
When asked how he would like to be remembered later in history, Santos responded with his parody of Elton John’s hit song, “Candle in the Wind.”
At a news conference outside the Capitol building following his ouster, Santos, played by Yang, insisted that the entire country was attacking and intimidating him because he was a “proud gay thief.” Saturday Night Live/YouTube While calling reporters to ask questions, Santos attempted to trick them by asking for their personal banking information, such as their bank routing number, their mother’s maiden name, and their childhood pet, the latter of which was answered. Saturday night live/YouTube
Santos, appearing in a dark room next to a grand piano for his last performance, began to sing his ballad saying goodbye to the “Queens of Congress” although they did not know him because he lied to them about his entire life.
He goes on to sing about the many accusations that have been made against him, including using donation funds for botox, using a fake name, and how he lied about all the schools he attended and jobs he held.
“It seems to me that I lived my life like a scandal in the wind,” he sang. “…Congressional things are difficult. The hardest job I’ve ever had. And I was a neurosurgeon at New York University.”
Rep. George Santos speaks to reporters outside the Capitol on Thursday, Nov. 30, one day before he was expelled from Congress. AP Rep. George Santos walks to the Capitol from his office ahead of the vote to expel him on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. AFP via Getty Images
Yang has regularly played Santos during the hit “NBC” sketch show, appearing as the politician in the open and “Weekend Update” segments since January.
“I thought, ‘Oh, he has glasses and we both have a nasty nasal voice, so maybe I’m the one,'” Yang told Seth Meyers about how he came to play Santos.
The real George Santos faced months of investigations after winning the November 2022 election despite fabricating most of his background, including where
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted for the third time to expel Santos, and did so successfully, ousting the impeached lawmaker from elected office, only the sixth time in history.
The lower house voted 311-114, with eight votes against and two Democratic legislators present.
Santos, appearing in a dark room next to a grand piano for his last performance, began to sing his ballad saying goodbye to the “Queens of Congress” although they did not know him because he lied to them about his entire life. Saturday night live/YouTube
Late Friday and into Saturday, Santos went “scorched earth” with several of his former co-congressmen, saying he would file ethics complaints against them with the Office of Congressional Ethics.
The disgraced politician said he was directing his complaints against New York Reps. Nicole Malliotakis, Mike Lawler, Nick LaLota and New Jersey Rep. Rob Menendez.
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