""Oh yes, Colin. Can you believe I just finished the marathon?" Yang's Santos asked, wrapped in a foil blanket (something marathon finishers often do to prevent hypothermia). When Jost pointed out that the marathon wasn't until the following day, Yang's Santos said, "Yeah, well, it's a record - I already won!" Jost then said that Santos hadn't won and added that Santos has been conducting a "media comeback tour" since the president commuted his prison sentence."
"When Jost replied, "Well, it sounds like you're still a liar, George," Yang's Santos accused Jost of being a liar, just before revealing that he had stolen Jost's wallet from underneath the anchorman's desk. The joke may have been an allusion to the real-life Santos illegally using the credit card and funds of his campaign donors, which were among the crimes that landed him in prison."
Bowen Yang performed as Republican fraudster George Santos on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update following Colin Jost's mention of the New York Marathon. Yang's Santos, wrapped in a foil blanket, falsely claimed he had already finished and won a marathon scheduled for the next day. The sketch mocked Santos's post-commutation media comeback and portrayed his prison experience as absurd, likening it to a reality-dating show. Yang's Santos joked about weight change and truthfulness, then staged stealing Jost's wallet, referencing Santos's real charges for illegally using donors' credit cards and funds.
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