Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Saturday Night Live’s cold open tackled the Internet’s obsession with the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.The episode kicked off with a parody of Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, with Sarah Sherman playing the host who is baffled by social media’s reaction to Luigi Mangione.Mangione, 26, was arrested at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania on Monday. He is facing gun and weapons charges in Pennsylvania and fighting extradition to New York, where prosecutors have charged him with second-degree murder and other offenses in connection with Thompson’s killing.Thompson was gunned down on the morning of December 4 as he walked alone to his company’s annual investor conference at a hotel in Midtown Manhattan.”Of course, everyone online celebrated the hard work of law enforcement in apprehending this dangerous criminal,” Sherman’s Grace said during the sketch. “Just kidding! Y’all psychos made him a sex symbol.”
Mangione—who she described as looking like “Dave Franco with Eugene Levy’s eyebrows”—has got “women and gay guys hot and bothered,” she said.”I mean, really, what is going on in this country? Y’all, this man is not a sex icon. This man is—and I cannot say this any clearer—a murderer.”Mangione’s social media accounts saw a surge in followers after his arrest, and many posted lustful comments about his appearance—including describing him as “too hot to convict.”Sherman’s Grace described some of the posts in the sketch, but appeared baffled by Mangione’s appeal. “I mean, what is happening in this country?” she said.Later, she interviewed a man who was in the McDonald’s where the suspect was apprehended, played by Kenan Thompson.
Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse on December 10, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. The “Saturday Night Live” cold open was dedicated to the internet’s obsession with Mangione.
Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse on December 10, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. The “Saturday Night Live” cold open was dedicated to the internet’s obsession with Mangione.
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“You were face-to-face with this criminal. Can you believe people are attracted to this sexy slayer?” she asked him.”I mean, you could look at him and tell he had h***. I mean, women love bad boys,” Thompson said.”Back in the day, you could impress your old lady with a little poem. Now you have to write a manifesto,” he added, referring to the handwritten note that was found on Mangione when he was arrested.Another guest was played by Emil Wakim, who Sherman’s Grace said has been “closely affected by this story” as a “guy who happens to look like” Mangione.”Yeah, this whole thing’s kind of been a roller coaster for me,” he said.”On one hand, I keep getting tackled by bounty hunters, but on the other hand, I’ve gotten some of the horniest DMs in my life. I mean, I haven’t paid for a meal in Brooklyn in days.”
