Kim Kardashian West Tackles O.J. Simpson, Divorce in ‘SNL Monologue – The Hollywood Reporter

Kim Kardashian West kicked off her Saturday Night time Stay internet hosting gig with a gap monologue that addressed and largely roasted lots of her and her household’s previous and current controversies.

That features throwing comedic jabs about O.J. Simpson and providing a tackle what finally drove her and her ex, Kanye West, to their divorce. After discussing her consciousness round her “privilege,” Kardashian West famous that she has made “getting wrongly accused individuals out of jail” a private mission, earlier than talking about how her father Robert Kardashian has been an affect on social work.

“M father was and nonetheless is such an affect and inspiration to me and I credit score him with actually opening up my eyes to racial injustice. It’s due to him that I met my first black individual,” Kardashian West mentioned to laughs earlier than launching right into a joke about O.J. Simpson. “Wish to take a stab at the hours of darkness at who it was?”

The influencer and actuality TV star went additional, including, “I do know it’s kind of bizarre to recollect the primary black individual you met however OJ does go away a mark — or a number of. Or in no way. I nonetheless don’t know.”

Later in her monologue, she addressed her divorce from Kanye, however began out by calling the rapper the perfect “of all time” earlier than noting that he’s “the richest black man in America” and a “proficient, legit genius who gave me 4 unimaginable youngsters.”

“Once I divorced him, it’s a must to understand it got here all the way down to only one factor: his persona,” she mentioned. “I do know that sounds imply however individuals maintain telling me that comedy comes from reality. And if there’s one factor that I at all times try to be, it’s real.”

At the beginning of her monologue, Kardashian West addressed her notorious leaked intercourse faucet, sharing that she was additionally shocked to be internet hosting, and had requested the SNL workforce why contemplating “I haven’t had a film premiere and a extremely very long time.”

“I imply truly, I solely had that one film come out and nobody instructed me it was even premiering. It will need to have slipped my mother’s thoughts,” she mentioned.

She additionally made a direct reference to her ex-husband and Caitlyn Jenner’s current and failed makes an attempt at operating for political workplace, jokingly telling the viewers, “Now I do know we’re divided as a rustic, however I like America to come back collectively, which is why I’m right here to announce that I’m operating for—”

That’s when the truth star rapidly minimize herself off, including, “I’m simply kidding. I’m not operating for president. We will’t have three failed politicians in a single household.”

Later within the present, Kardashian West took direct comedic goal once more at her divorce and O.J. Simpson in a “The Folks’s Courtroom” skit. As she performed decide to a case involving Kanye, performed by Chris Redd, and herself — performed by Heidi Gardner wearing her full-body black Met Gala ensemble — Kardashian West tried to decipher a declare from the rapper, who repeatedly alleged in a nasally voice that his Twitter had been “hacked” by the influencer and actuality star.

The proof he supplied have been actual tweets from West concerning the musical Depraved and a Persian rug. “Hey fam, I’m suing Kim as a result of individuals at all times come after me about what I tweet as a result of she hacked me,” Redd’s West mentioned. “Okay, does this even sound like me? ‘Who seen the play Depraved? I’ve seen it 4 occasions.”

“That was you, Kanye,” Gardner’s Kim replied earlier than West seemingly caved and admitted the tweet was his.

On the finish of the sketch, Kenan Thompson additionally appeared as the ultimate case, taking part in Simpson. “Hey, Courtney it’s me, O.J. Simpson. The “deuce.” I’m your dad’s previous buddy. Aye, how come y’all don’t invite me to something anymore? Hey, the place is everyone going?” he mentioned to dwell viewers cheers because the bit ended.