SNL Parents React to Columbia Protests: “My Kid Ain’t Crazy!”
New York City, New York – Saturday Night Live’s latest cold open took on the topic of Columbia University’s response to pro-Palestinian protests on campus during the Israel–Hamas conflict. In the sketch, actors Mikey Day, Kenan Thompson, and Heidi Gardner portrayed concerned parents of students involved in the protests at Columbia University. The previous week saw the arrest of numerous demonstrators after the university’s president sought assistance from the New York Police Department to restore …