John Mulaney, returning as host of Saturday Night Live, uses his opening monologue to mock U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Multiple outlets say Mulaney impersonates Kennedy and delivers lines that include the idea that “no one likes him” and that Kennedy’s “thing can’t be the measles,” combining personal-style insult with health-policy-related wordplay.
The coverage frames the moment primarily as stand-up-comedy roasting. Variety presents the monologue as a turn that involves Kennedy’s prominence and controversy, while The Independent highlights the “You dumba**” phrasing and the measles reference. Mashable similarly emphasizes Mulaney’s roast of Kennedy through the impression.
Deadline adds a different emphasis by including additional context about Mulaney’s SNL appearance, noting it is his seventh time hosting and including a separate detail about a romantic or comedic moment involving Jeremy Culhane, which some other outlets do not mention in their summaries.
