{"id":240697,"date":"2026-05-17T04:38:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T04:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/will-ferrell-plays-ghost-of-jeffrey-epstein-in-snl-cold-open-reunites-with-james-austin-johnsons-trump-video\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T04:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T04:38:52","slug":"will-ferrell-plays-ghost-of-jeffrey-epstein-in-snl-cold-open-reunites-with-james-austin-johnsons-trump-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/will-ferrell-plays-ghost-of-jeffrey-epstein-in-snl-cold-open-reunites-with-james-austin-johnsons-trump-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Ferrell Plays Ghost of Jeffrey Epstein In \u2018SNL\u2019 Cold Open, Reunites With James Austin Johnson\u2019s  Trump (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">YouTube\/SNL<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"\/tags\/will-ferrell\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Will Ferrell<\/strong><\/a> kicked off the final episode of <em><a href=\"\/tags\/saturday-night-live\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Saturday Night Live<\/strong><\/a><\/em>&#8216;s 51st season by appearing in the cold open. <\/p>\n<p>The 58-year-old actor and comedian returned to the sketch show for his sixth time hosting, and started his hosting stint playing the ghost of <a href=\"\/tags\/jeffrey-epstein\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein pays Trump a visit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CjxMmIdYpT\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/CjxMmIdYpT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcsnl\/status\/2055857973532971072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the sketch, <strong>Will<\/strong>&#8216;s Epstein comes to haunt <a href=\"\/tags\/james-austin-johnso\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">James Austin Johnso<\/strong><\/a>n&#8217;s Donald Trump, with the duo ending the opening with a duet of &#8220;Just the Two of Us.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow you doing, Donnie baby?\u201d <strong>Will <\/strong>says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not so good, Jeffrey,&#8221; <strong>James<\/strong> responds. &#8220;My approval ratings&#8217; in the 30s.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, the 30s. Gross. Call me when it hits 17!\u201d <strong>Will<\/strong> adds with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>James<\/strong>&#8216; Trump asks how Heaven is, and <strong>Will<\/strong>&#8216;s Epstein replies, &#8220;It\u2019s really, really hot. But you know me. I keep busy. Mahjong every Wednesday with Stalin and John Wayne Gacy.\u00a0That<em>\u00a0<\/em>guy has stories!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Epstein then asks about Trump&#8217;s summer plans. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got the World Cup, a UFC fight on my lawn like I\u2019m white trash on Worldstar,\u201d <strong>James <\/strong>says. We\u2019re also doing the Patriot Games, where high school athletes come from all over the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full cold open above!<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/17\/will-ferrell-plays-ghost-of-jeffrey-epstein-in-snl-cold-open-reunites-with-james-austin-johnsons-trump-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube\/SNL Will Ferrell kicked off the final episode of Saturday Night Live&#8216;s 51st season by appearing in the cold open. The 58-year-old actor and comedian returned to the sketch show for his sixth time hosting, and started his hosting stint playing the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein. the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein pays Trump a visit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-240697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}