Trump, Elon Musk Invited to SNL 50 Anniversary Special: Report
Source: Consequence
Saturday Night Lives 50th anniversary special on Sunday is already considered one of the hardest tickets to get, given tiny capacity of Studio 8H (which typically holds about 250 guests) and the sheer volume of former cast members, celebrities, executives, and other VIPs vying for a seat. In preparation of Sundays festivities, SNL installed 200 extra seats inside of its studio, but even still, many prospective guests have reportedly been warned to expect to sit in Studio 8G, an overflow room set up in the neighboring Late Night With Seth Meyers.
As hectic as all that sounds, the scene could prove even more chaotic if two invited guests end up showing up Sunday night: According to Matt Belloni of Puck News, both Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been invited to attend SNLs 50th anniversary bash, part of a guest list that includes many other pasts hosts of the show (like Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce), as well as writers, producers, and VIPs.
As of now, Belloni reports that neither Trump nor Musk has indicated whether they will attend. Its worth noting that Trump, who hosted SNL twice in 2004 and 2015, attended the shows 40th anniversary special in 2015. Currently, Trump is scheduled to attend the Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Florida, earlier on Sunday.
If Trump does end up attending, his presence will no doubt draw the ire of some SNL cast members. According to a new book on SNL creator Lorne Michaels by author Susan Morrison, his decision to book Trump as host prior to the 2016 presidential election resulted in behind-the-scenes turmoil, with some cast members and staff believing that the episode helped soften Trumps image and enhance his electability. In response to the outage, Michaels was quoted as saying, Its the hardest thing for me to explain to this generation that the show is nonpartisan.
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Read more: https://consequence.net/2025/02/trump-elon-musk-snl-50-special/

Lovie777
(17,258 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(63,544 posts)dweller
(25,963 posts)Just ruins it .
✌🏻
underpants
(189,234 posts)at least
pfitz59
(11,363 posts)Will mean bumping other guests to build a protective 'moat' around the orange pustule. Would likely mean a late edit and purging of Trump jokes.
OKIsItJustMe
(21,198 posts)As past hosts, they must be invited. (They wont accept.)
If they werent invited, the MAGA crowd would attack!
Scrivener7
(54,515 posts)If they had a spine, they wouldn't.
And the maga crowd is going to attack anyway. It's time we stop anticipating it by censoring ourselves and undermining our own values.
Mike Nelson
(10,501 posts)... maybe someone will put thumbtacks on their seats.
Roy Rolling
(7,269 posts)Trump and Musk will stink up the place and foul the air of anyone within sight.
I will watch only to see if they skewer the MAGAts as Obama did at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Trump never forgot that beat down, time for another lesson.
OKIsItJustMe
(21,198 posts)There are always consequences
NEOH
(179 posts)Traildogbob
(10,762 posts)It cost US for his half of a Super Bowl? How much did we pay for his Tiger Woods golf game? How much will that Cost US as SNL guests? Will Eloooon and the DOGE Bros look at that as waste?
Wild blueberry
(7,475 posts)What a quisling.
tonekat
(2,173 posts)They used to have much more effective political parody, but I think they're scared of republicans.
Initech
(104,073 posts)Fuck both of them.
pimpbot
(1,061 posts)Every once in a while theres a good scene, but I haven't kept up with the show in decades. Same with shows like the Simpsons. They had a really good run for awhile but the current offerings are nothing compared to the heyday.
Sure, they've invited all the past hosts I guess, but they could have made a statement against those two idiots by not inviting them. I'm sure the NBC bigwigs wouldn't have allowed that, and maybe thats why the show has lost its way. Everything is corporate these days.
kimbutgar
(24,478 posts)Luckily I live on the west coast so Ill know not to watch.
kerouac2
(1,089 posts)something they reeeeeeally deserve.
ramapo
(4,757 posts)The show has been embarrassingly bad for years. Most of the skits are simply awful. Do they ever watch the show?
This invite is in such bad taste. It's gross. I'd say we won't watch it but we gave it up long ago.
LetMyPeopleVote
(159,687 posts)TFG hates being booed
pstokely
(10,763 posts)if he shows up?
MissouriDem47
(128 posts)I wasn't going to watch anyway, but now I have a reason.
C0RI0LANUS
(3,015 posts)
bagimin
(1,543 posts)read your fucking audience. You don't invite fascists to your party.
EarthFirst
(3,526 posts)I mean this with all due intent: Go Fuck Yourself Lorne!
JoseBalow
(6,954 posts)That's a hard NO!
City Lights
(25,575 posts)I won't be watching.
IcyPeas
(23,296 posts)The cast should walk out.
boonecreek
(704 posts)In serious need of a bath. Pray for me.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,897 posts)no_hypocrisy
(50,579 posts)Assuming that Franken was also invited and accepted, I would bet that both Trump and Musk would decline to show up.
And speaking of Al Franken, my, my, but how times have changed. During the second season, Henry Kissinger called up Michaels to see if he could comp some tickets for his nieces and nephews. Al Franken overheard the conversation and yelled loud enough for Kissinger to hear, "He can have those tickets only if he apologizes for bombing Cambodia on Christmas Day!"
red dog 1
(30,367 posts)tinymontgomery
(2,793 posts)old memories. Thank goodness it was a fleeting thought.
mdbl
(5,906 posts)SNL hasn't been a positive comedic influence on our society in a long time.
Orrex
(64,855 posts)Neutrality favors the aggressor, Lorne.
Figarosmom
(4,728 posts)But now for sure I won't.
The only reason I watch entertainment shows instead of news is so I don't have to see either one of THEM.
Felicita
(67 posts)Inviting those two traitors is sickening, and I was planning to watch at least some of it.
And I'll boycott NBC for an extra month or two at least. Will miss Seth Meyers.
eppur_se_muova
(38,532 posts)Inviting him when he is a candidate for one party's nomination is as partisan as it could possibly get.
LudwigPastorius
(11,848 posts)at least it didn't invite Hitler over for Christmas dinner.
sakabatou
(44,207 posts)Well, I haven't seen SNL in years.
Prairie Gates
(4,408 posts)If these two dirtbags are on SNL, I will literally never watch it again. Ever. On principle. Irish grudge type shit. Vendetta.
Never.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,944 posts)I only hold a grudge till the day I die.
And I wholeheartedly agree.
bmichaelh
(738 posts)Many of the past cast members and original and present producer are Canadian.
Rhiannon12866
(229,762 posts)There goes the humor...
pstokely
(10,763 posts)would they invite OJ Simpson?
Seagal is probably drinking some vodka in Russia.
Crowman2009
(2,983 posts)...said invited guests.
moonshinegnomie
(3,178 posts)and that the cast rips into them live on the air.
can you imagine one of the stars calling musk a nazi live on TV. or calling trump elons cuckold????
Bengus81
(8,283 posts)has been doing in the last three weeks?
grockri
(50 posts)Looks like Lorne Micheals and Crew sold out to the Orange bastard, and Ketamine Kid!!!
bdamomma
(67,671 posts)let them gain access to SNL. Bar them from entering. WTF!!!!
IbogaProject
(4,128 posts)They did a horrible racist pro police violence bit on "The Joe Pesci Show", that featured Guliani himself attacking an actor playing Marion Barry.
sinkingfeeling
(54,460 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(159,687 posts)Attending a show where he would be booed would interfere with golf