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  "id": 18978759,
  "title": "‘SNL’ Makes Grok Do “Epic Vulgar Roast” Of Elon Musk On ‘Weekend Update’: “The Worst Thing South Africa Has Ever Done”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/snl-makes-grok-do-epic-vulgar-roast-of-elon-musk-on-weekend-update",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-08T16:35:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/11/snl-grok-epic-vulgar-roast-elon-musk-weekend-update-1237216693/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "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 […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "‘SNL’ Weekend Update Brutally Roasts Elon Musk Over ‘Epic’ Midterms Defeat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/snl-weekend-update-brutally-roasts-elon-musk-over-epic-midterms-defeat",
        "published": "2026-11-08T05:57:06.000Z"
      }
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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."
}