'SNL' Cold Open: Trump Rips 'Insane' Melania for Surprise Epstein Speech
By William Vaillancourt
Published on April 12, 2026.
Saturday Night Live's Donald Trump has rejected his wife, Melania, for a surprise speech about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, in which she denied having a relationship with them or Maxwell and criticized press coverage of them. The show's opening episode aired on Saturday Night Live with a segment featuring Donald Trump criticising his wife's decision to make a public statement about the scandal. The first lady suggested other potential ways to distance herself from both men and suggested that announcing her involvement in Diddy's prison time would make everyone more suspicious.
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