The comedian acknowledged his late grandmother while performing a remote 'Weekend Update' segment with co-host Colin Jost that aired Saturday night.
last night, with cast members resuming funny business over Zoom to comply with social distancing regulations. During the evening's"Weekend Update" segment, comedian Michael Che set aside some screen time to remember his grandmother, who passed away last weekend after suffering complications from the novel coronavirus.
"As you know, Colin, I lost my grandmother this week. And coming back to work really made me feel better, especially with you," Che told his cast mate, before asking Jost to indulge him in a"Joke Swap," since the duo's recurring comedy bit was his grandmother's"favorite part of the show." "Saturday Night Live" comedian Michael Che spoke about his grandmother's passing near the end of his latest"Weekend Update" performance alongside co-host Colin Jost.are likely familiar with the sketch, which involves an exchange of jokes between the two comedians and often results in Jost reluctantly performing distasteful or offensive one-liners facetiously written by Che, much to his colleague's amusement.
After Jost had complied with his request, Che laughed and admitted:"My grandmother has never seen this show. I just wanted you to do that." He later signed off from"Weekend Update" as"Martha's grandbaby."aired its first remotely-produced episode—appropriately termed"SNL at Home"—Che informed supporters of his grandmother's passing in a post that has since been deleted from Instagram.
"Hi. I'm Michael Che, from TV. Last night my grandmother passed away from the coronavirus. I'm doing OK, considering. I'm obviously very hurt and angry that she had to go through all that pain alone," Che wrote, accordingfrom several outlets that covered his April 6 social media announcement before its removal."But I'm also happy that she's not in pain anymore. And I also feel guilty for feeling happy.
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