Saturday Night Livetook viewers behind bars.
During this week’s cold open, the comedy series took on the ongoingcollege admissions scandalas the cast spoofed what could possibly happen toLori Loughlinas her criminal case proceeds.
“You think that’s insane?” McKinnon comically asks the other inmates who were comparing the crimes that got them in jail. “I paid $500,000 to get my daughter into USC… I’m loco.”
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And the other inmates can’t believe it.
“Hold up, you paid $500,000 for USC?”Kenan Thompson‘s character asks, in disbelief.
When McKinnon’s character explains that she paid an additional $300,000 in tuition for her daughter to major in communications, only for her child to become an Instagram influencer, Thompson’s character can’t take it anymore.
“Stop it!” he exclaims, traumatized after hearing the horror of what she’s done. “Wait a second, are you Aunt Becky?” Chris Redd’s character says, referring to Loughlin’sFull Housecharacter.
Loughlin, 54, and Giannulli, 55, are facing felony charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud after they allegedly paid $500,000 to have daughters Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose recruited to the USC crew team, despite the fact that neither rowed. (It is unclear whether or not Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose are believed to have known about the alleged scheme.)
Loughlin and her husband have not admitted to any guilt.
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Also in theSNLskit, the inmates tell McKinnon’s character that she doesn’t have what it takes to survive in prison.
“Oh really? You think prison is hard? I’ve done 68 Hallmark movies. I have seen hell, man!” she says. “And in half of those movies, I married Santa’s son. So I’ve lost all sense of reality!”
To add to the hilarious madness,Pete DavidsonandMichael Keatonjoin the bit as lawyer Michael Avenatti and WikiLeaks founderJulian Assange, respectively — even poking fun at their alleged crimes and recent arrests.
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If found guilty, theFuller Houseactress faces up to 20 years in prison for each charge against her.
On Tuesday, Loughlin and her husbandMossimo Giannulliwere among the 16 parents indicted on an additional felony charge of money laundering conspiracy. Loughlin and Giannulli have not admitted to any guilt.
source: people.com
