Saturday Night Live had a whole lot of material this week, thanks to Will Smith at this year's Oscars.
Many expected the slap heard 'round the world to be the primary focus of the night's cold open -- although the show instead opted to for politically-focused sketch that only touched on the slap, via James Austin Johnson's Donald Trump.in his hilarious debut monologue. Additionally, Michael Che and Colin Jost didn't hold back while mocking the controversy during Weekend Update.
Later in the sketch, Kenan Thompson busted out his tried and true OJ Simpson impression, and weighed in on Smith's apparent"rage" issues, in a masterstroke of comedic irony."Love will make you do crazy things... allegedly," Thompson's Simpson quips.
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