Why did ‘SNL’ poke fun at Dallas Cowboys’ Ezekiel Elliott?
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott was randomly portrayed in an SNL sketch on Saturday night.
In the first sketch of the night, not including the cold open, host Kim Kardashian West played Jasmine from the film Aladdin alongside Pete Davidson, who was playing a version of the character Aladdin who was worried he wasn’t man enough for Jasmine.
During the sketch, Kardashian tries to allay his fears. But they’re exasperated when Jasmine’s sister “Jourtney” — “We all have J names,” Kardashian as Jasmine said. (Get it?)
Jourtney’s boyfriend is Ezekiel Elliott, portrayed by Kenan Thompson, holding a football, sporting a bushy beard and puffy hair held up by a Cowboys headband.
“I saw it this morning,” Elliott said after the Cowboys beat the New York Giants 44-20 at AT&T Stadium on Sunday.
Yes, I definitely am. I thought it was pretty funny,” he said. “That was really random. I wonder why they put me in there. I don’t know.”
It was suggested he was used because of his distinctive look.
“That might be it. It might be the hair,” he said with his trademark laughter.
Thompson’s Elliott mocks Aladdin for his small size while signing a football for him. The inclusion of Elliott was odd, random, and not very funny. Although Thompson’s look was amusing, that’s mostly only because Thompson can make just about anything funny.
During her opening monologue, Kardashian took a few pointed shots at O.J. Simpson, who her deceased father Robert Kardashian helped defend on murder charges in 1994.
In a later sketch mocking The Bachelorette, NBA player Blake Griffin, actor and wrestler John Cena, former SNL cast member Chris Rock, comedian Amy Schumer and Grey’s Anatomy actor Jesse Williams all accept “tokens” from Kardashian.
This story was originally published October 9, 2021 at 11:48 PM.
