SNL parodies Katie Britt speech surprise Scarlett Johansson appearance

Senator Katie Britt's dramatic State of the Union rebuttal was hilariously parodied on SNL, featuring Scarlett Johansson's emotional performance.

Senator Katie Britt's impassioned response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address was ripe for parody on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL).

In a skit featuring actress Scarlett Johansson, SNL hilariously recreated the highlights of Ms. Britt's speech, including her emotional range, dramatic storytelling, shiny cross necklace, and overall theatrics.

Johansson, playing the role of Ms. Britt, delivered a monologue titled "This country is hell" from a peculiar, empty kitchen setting. With intense eye contact and exaggerated emotions, the parody captured the essence of Ms. Britt's speech on the country's future and border crisis.

The sketch cleverly mocked Ms. Britt's attempt to appeal to women voters by setting the scene in a kitchen, as Johansson joked, "Republicans wanted me to appeal to women voters and women love kitchens."

The skit also took aim at Ms. Britt's use of a human trafficking story to criticize President Biden's border policy, highlighting the misleading details omitted from her speech. Johansson quipped, "Rest assured every detail about it is real except the year, where it took place and who was president when it happened."

SNL writers didn't hold back on poking fun at Ms. Britt's delivery, transforming her speech into a QVC segment selling her "bejeweled cross necklace" and even incorporating elements from Jordan Peele's thriller Get Out.

The skit humorously captured the absurdity of Ms. Britt's rebuttal, with Johansson joking, "Kitchens are where families have the hard conversations. Like the one we'll have tomorrow about how mommy freaked out the entire country."