John Mulaney‘s opening monologue on this week’s “Saturday Night Live” took an unexpected turn when he mocked controversial U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The comic started by impersonating Kennedy, saying, “‘My father was a good man and I’m a lousy man but I have same name. Am I good if I have same name as father? No, please, let me be in charge of your bones and your tummy. Please allow me to control how your blood feels in your butt and everywhere. Stop the science … Robitussin when taken during menstruation will cause telekinesis. This is clear from the pamphlets in my rental car.’”
Mulaney then slammed Kennedy’s vaccine skepticism, saying, “No one likes him. You dumbass … your thing can’t be the measles!”
He then mocked Kennedy’s previous occupation as an environmental lawyer, saying, “He would just join cases late if they were about be successful. ‘Are you about to win? I’m part of this too.’”
Mulaney then described the times he interacted with the politician by doing comedy at benefits for Kennedy’s Riverkeepers organization.
“They were in charge of keeping the Hudson River in New York City clean,” Mulaney said. “That was his job. That’s how good he is at jobs. His old job was keeping the Hudson River, whose native fish is tied-off used condom, clean. Now he’s in charge of all of our tummies.”
The Nov. 14 episode was Mulaney’s seventh as host. His monologue also touched on family issues and children whose deep, scratchy voices remind him of Kennedy.
Watch Mulaney’s full monologue below.