{
  "id": 18978334,
  "title": "'Saturday Night Live' roasts Elon Musk after midterm rout: 'My car did a flip!'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/saturday-night-live-roasts-elon-musk-after-midterm-rout-my-car-did-a",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-08T16:47:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/saturday-night-live-elon-musk-jeremy-culhane-colin-jost-midterms-2026-11"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Saturday Night Live poked fun at Elon Musk, portrayed by Jeremy Culhane, during its Weekend Update segment on Saturday Night Live. The actor attempted to divert attention from his costly loss in the US midterm elections. He quipped, \"I'm in the news because my car did a flip.\" Elon Musk had a disastrous week following the midterm elections. During Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update segment, comedian Jeremy Culhane played Elon Musk and discussed his midterm election fiasco. The real Elon Musk spent over $446 million on conservative political action committees during the midterm elections, but it didn't change the outcome. Texas, along with several other traditionally Republican states, voted Democratic in the midterm elections. SNL host Colin Jost mocked Musk for wasting money on the midterm elections, saying, \"Uh, no, I'm in the news because my car did a flip.\" The impersonator continued, \"It was like poof! And then bah! But I was like, totally chill. I was like, Thug life!\" Musk had previously demonstrated a next-generation Roadster by making it perform a flip in the air during a display. When asked about canceling the production of Tesla's Cybertruck after the midterm elections, Culhane's Musk said, \"Hey, remember when my car did a flip? It was epic. It was like poof, pah! But everyone was like, Whoa! But I was just like, Hold my beer. Imagine.\" At the end of the skit, Musk showed off a new fictitious Grok feature called vulgar roast. Fake Grok said, \"Elon Musk, you're the worst thing South Africa has ever done,\" adding, \"Maybe if you have 100 more kids, one of them will talk to you.\" Elon Musk's net worth plummeted by $33 billion in a single day, and shares of Tesla and SpaceX dropped sharply in the aftermath of the blue wave that swept the midterm elections.",
  "summary": "Comedian Jeremy Culhane played Elon Musk during \"Weekend Update\" on \"Saturday Night Live,\" where he fielded questions about the midterm elections.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/elon-musk-spends-445-million-to-boost-republicans-in-midterm-but",
        "published": "2026-11-05T21:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Semafor",
        "title": "Republicans eye 2028 presidential bids after midterm rebuke",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/republicans-eye-2028-presidential-bids-after-midterm-rebuke",
        "published": "2026-11-06T11:31:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}