Saturday Night Live wasted no time in mocking this week’s State of the Union speech, focusing most of its attention on the Republican rebuttal, which this year came from 42-year-old Alabama Senator Katie Britt.
Britt was mocked online following the event as her tone shifted from one of dark and ominous to bright and breezy. Some said her performance was similar to an SNL skit or simply bad acting, of the type found in a Lifetime movie.
On Saturday night she was portrayed by 39-year-old actress Scarlett Johansson in a surprise appearance and hilarious take on the senator, proving that her sense of humor really is wasted in the superhero movies she’s known for.
‘Good evening America, my name is Katie Britt, and I have the honor of serving the people of the great state of Alabama. But tonight, I’ll be auditioning for the part of ‘Scary Mom.’ I’ll be performing an original monologue called ‘This Country is Hell”, Johansson’s Britt began.
‘You see, I’m not just a senator, I’m a wife, a mother and the craziest b***h in the Target parking lot, worried about the future of our children.’
Alabama GOP Senator Katie Britt’s State of the Union response was spoofed by Scarlett Johansson on SNL which parodied the politician’s dramatic tone
Alabama Senator Katie Britt’s performance was roundly mocked online on Thursday night
Mikey Day played Joe Biden at the podium, in an energetic State of The Union speech
She explained her being in a kitchen – because ‘women love kitchen.’
‘I’m worried about the future of our children and this is why I’ve invited you into this strange, empty kitchen. Because Republicans wanted me to appeal to women voters and women love kitchen,’ she said.
‘You know, my husband Wesley and I spend a lot of time in this kitchen — worrying. Kitchens are where families have the hard conversations like the one we’ll have now about how mommy freaked out the entire country,’ she joked.
Johansson’s Britt went on to stress how she is a mother and how ‘like any mom, I’m going to do a pivot out of nowhere into a shockingly violent story about sex trafficking. Rest assured, every detail about it is real except the year, where it took place and who was president when it happened,’ she continued.
During the real-life Republican response on Thursday night, Britt told a story about a sex trafficking victim which she used as fodder to criticize the current chaos at the southern border under the Biden administration.
Johansson’s Britt also attempted to sell her ‘gorgeous bejeweled cross necklace’ in the middle of her speech in a nod to the QVC shopping channel midway through her speech
Scarlett Johansson hilariously spoofed Senator Katie Britt’s State of The Union performance, left, while the real Britt can be seen, right
Scarlett Johansson plays Katie Britt giving the Republican rebuttal with her moods shifting from being dark and emotional to bright and breezy
Britt appeared on the verge of tears at times sitting at her kitchen table as she tore into the policies President Joe Biden emphatically defended, making an emotional appeal
The story was about a women Britt had met in Texas and told how she had been trafficked by the cartels.
However, the tale was slightly misleading as the person being referenced was never trafficked across the border, while the events being referred to occurred in Mexico many years ago, during George W. Bush’s presidency (2001-2009).
It’s a fact that did not escape Johansson’s Britt as she asked: ‘Just ask yourself: are you better off today than you were four years ago, back in the good old days of 2020? The year that nothing bad happened.’
Johansson then managed to recreate Britt’s bizarre mannerisms warning viewers ‘Now I’m gonna get weirdly seductive for no apparent reason.’
Johansson’s Britt also attempted to sell her ‘gorgeous bejeweled cross necklace’ in the middle of her speech in a nod to QVC midway through her speech.
‘It goes with anything, and you can wear it from the church to da’ club,’ she joked.
Johansson sketch saw her allude to the film ‘Get Out’ pun, as Johansson could be seen stirring a teacup with a spoon
The cameras cut to Kenan Thompson, clearly terrified, with a single tear running down his cheek
During the sketch Johansson’s Britt told viewers, ‘It’s like I tell my kids every night: We are steeped in the blood of patriots in a castle made of bones. Goodnight kids!’
Johansson sketch saw her allude to the film ‘Get Out’, as Johansson could be seen stirring a teacup with a spoon, with the cameras cutting to Kenan Thompson, clearly terrified, with a single tear running down his cheek.
She concluded her address by mimicking some of the senator’s real words: ‘The American people who are struggling right now, know this: We hear you. We see you. We smell you. We’re inside your kitchen right now looking through your fridge. And what’s that on the top shelf? Migrants.’