{"id":7998482,"date":"2026-04-11T20:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/?p=7998482"},"modified":"2026-04-11T21:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:32:51","slug":"snl-cold-open-trump-melania-epstein-press-conference-iran-war-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/creative-content\/tv-shows\/snl-cold-open-trump-melania-epstein-press-conference-iran-war-video\/","title":{"rendered":"‘SNL\u2019 Cold Open Roasts Melania\u2019s \u2018Insane\u2019 Epstein Press Conference: \u2018Make Everyone Way More Suspicious\u2019 | Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

President Trump took and fielded calls from Tiger Woods, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and First Lady Melania Trump<\/a> in tonight’s “Saturday Night Live”<\/a> cold open, in which he warned his wife that her “insane” press conference about the Epstein Files might just make “everyone way more suspicious.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Who’s this? I don’t recognize the number,” James Austin Johnson’s Trump asked as his phone rang in the cold open. He was then surprised to discover the unknown caller was the first lady herself (played by Chloe Fineman). “You’re calling me? That’s not a good sign,” Johnson’s Trump joked, and things did not get any better when she told him she wanted to host a press conference denying all ties to Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Uh, darling, I gotta admit, this sounds a little insane,” Johnson’s Trump told his wife, before asking, “Who are you? Me?” The first lady surprised the president again when she said she did not want to just stop with Epstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I thought I could also say, ‘I, Melania Trump, in no way, helped out the Gilgo Beach serial killer.’ That way no one is suspicious,” Fineman’s Melania pitched, to which Johnson’s unsettled Trump replied, “Darling, I think that’s gonna make everyone way more suspicious.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undeterred, Fineman’s first lady alternatively offered, “What if I announce I barely<\/em> partied with Diddy? Would that help?” You can watch tonight’s “SNL” cold open yourself below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump makes some urgent phone calls from the Oval Office pic.twitter.com\/UtBjQYrxyo<\/a><\/p>— Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) April 12, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>