{"id":"n_rukuvgqzi3ceurws3c6a","seq":8801866,"kind":"article","title":"‘SNL’ Makes Grok Do An “Epic Vulgar Roast” Of Elon Musk On ‘Weekend Update’: “The Worst Thing South Africa Has Ever Done”","url":"https://deadline.com/2026/11/snl-grok-epic-vulgar-roast-elon-musk-weekend-update-1237216693","summary":"Elon Musk has returned to Saturday Night Live, through Jeremy Culhane’s hilarious impression, to give a postmortem of the midterm elections. As “Weekend Update” co-anchor Colin Jost noted, Musk has been in the news after he wasted half a billion dollars on backing candidates who lost, but the trillionaire disagreed with that take. “No, I’m […]","published":"2026-11-08T16:35:37Z","seen":"2026-11-08T16:42:01Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-deadline-com-cbd1d4","name":"deadline.com","domain":"deadline.com"},"via":"kite-deadline-com-cbd1d4","topics":["entertainment","late night tv","news","politics","elon musk","jeremy culhane","midterm elections","saturday night live"],"authors":["Glenn Garner"],"entities":[{"id":"Q746368","name":"Great Norwegian Encyclopedia","type":"org"},{"id":"Q317521","name":"Elon Musk","type":"person"},{"id":"Q258","name":"South Africa","type":"place"}],"image":"https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Elon-Musk-SNL.jpg","mentions":2,"story":"st_2caebkja5ddbzfp6sjka","category":"arts-culture-entertainment","category_p":0.19,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.73,"political":0.17}