Colin Jost shocked some viewers with a risqué joke early into this week’s “Weekend Update” segment.
The SNL star showed a clip of President Trump and First Lady Melania walking out of the White House to a cover of “Thriller” by Michael Jackson.
Jost responded to the clip by calling the song, “The perfect soundtrack to lure kids to a famous mansion.”
The joke was a reference to the allegations of child molestation against the late pop star Michael Jackson, as well Trump’s alleged connections to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
The joke drew laughter as well as some shocked groans from the audience, all of which Jost took in with a smile.
Co-anchor Michael Che tried to outdo Jost for the darkest joke of the night.
“Critics of President Trump are calling him tone deaf for posting pict