The March 7 episode, hosted by Ryan Gosling, opened with a cold open sketch where Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) held a press conference regarding the U.S. military operation in Iran.

Colin Jost returns as Pete Hegseth for the "Saturday Night Live" cold open.

Colin Jost and Ashley Padilla skewered Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem in the cold open for 'Saturday Night Live,' hosted by Ryan Gosling.

"SNL" kicked off its latest episode with a timely cold open addressing the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

SNL's cold open hit hard with another predictable & still hilarious roasting of Pete Hegseth with of the just fired Kristi Noem tossed in.

Wearing a white 'USA' cap, SNL's James Austin Johnson’s Trump cheerfully opened with 'Good evening, and happy World War III ...

"Saturday Night Live" immediately addressed President Trump's attack on Iran in this week's cold open, once again beginning ...

Jost’s Hegseth dodges “war” questions and breaks into Papa Roach and Hamilton riffs.

Saturday Night Live opened its Feb. 28 episode with a Trump-focused cold open addressing U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, ...

The Project Hail Mary actor returned to the sketch comedy series on (you guessed it) Saturday night, where he hosted the sketch comedy series for his fourth time. After beginning his monologue by ...