SNL parodies Katie Britt’s speech with a surprise Scarlett Johansson appearance

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. With the help of actress Scarlett Johansson, the late-night sketch show featured highlights from Ms Britt’s speech in their cold open: an empty kitchen, Ms Britt’s wide emotional range, her questionably re-telling of a graphic human trafficking story, a noticeably shiny cross necklace, and of course, a lot of drama. “Tonight I’ll be auditioning for the part of scary mom and I’ll be performing an original monologue called ‘This country is hell’,” Johansson said playing Ms Britt. Aired directly from a “strange, empty kitchen” Johansson maintained unsettling eye contact with the camera while playing up the dramatics in parodying Ms Britt’s speech about the future of the country and the border crisis. SNL writers spared no joke about Ms Britt’s delivery, at one point changing her speech to appear like a QVC segment selling Ms Britt’s “bejeweled cross necklace” and then to appear like a portion of Jordan Peele’s psychological horror movie Get Out.