Saturday Night Live's latest cold open featured former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi crashing an NCAA post-game show after President Donald Trump fired her. The episode, which usually features James Austin Johnson playing Trump, featured Barkley playing Charles Barkley, Kam Patterson playing Kenny Smith, and Jeremy Culhane playing Coach Bruce Pearl. Barkley also commented on the war in Iran and the Artemis II space mission as a waste of money. Bondi, portrayed as the first woman to be fired as attorney general, expressed pride at her performance and said she made history as "the first woman ever to be."