‘Saturday Night Live’ targets Columbia University protests from perspective of parents in cold open Fox News
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“SaturdayNightLive”tookaimatthestudentanti-IsraelprotestsonSaturday,specificallyfromtheperspectiveofparentswhohavekidsattendingColumbiaUniversityduringthecoldopen.
KenanThompsonplayedthefatherofaColumbiastudentandbeganbypraisingyoungpeoplestandingupforwhattheybelieveinduringamockinterview.However,whenaskedabouthisdaughterspecifically,Thompsonsaidshe“betterhaveherbuttinclass.”
“LetmefindoutsheinoneofthosedamntentsinsteadofthedormroomthatIpayfor,”hesaid,beforetheinterviewerquestionedhisinitialstatementaboutsupportingthestudents.
“Iaminsupportofy’alls’kidsprotesting—notmykids.Mykidsknowbetter,”Thompsonsaid.AskedwhathethoughtofthegroupofprotestersthattookoverHamiltonHall,anacademicbuildingonColumbia’scampus