Colin Jost Says SNL Rejected Pete Hegseth Joke Reading ‘Pulp Fiction’ Bible Verse

Donald Trump’s protection secretary Pete Hegseth was widely mocked in April after he learn a pretend Bible verse from Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 basic “Pulp Fiction” throughout a Pentagon worship service. It seems Colin Jost type of noticed it coming.

During a current go to to “The Tonight Show,” Jost revealed that earlier than Hegseth’s viral gaffe he informed the “SNL” writers room: “Would it be funny if Hegseth just did that Bible verse that they have in ‘Pulp Fiction’ Remember, from Ezekiel, Samuel L. Jackson?”

The writers shot down Jost’s pitch, deeming it “too ridiculous” and claiming it “would take up all this time in the cold open. “And then he for real did it, like two weeks later and I was like, ‘Well, the good news is, I’m being surveilled, so that’s a relief.’” Jost has been enjoying Hegseth on “SNL” this season to a lot acclaim from critics and viewers.

The actual Hegseth was at a Pentagon prayer service in April when he learn the altered model of Ezekiel 25:17 that is delivered by Samuel L. Jackson’s character in “Pulp Fiction” earlier than he shoots a person. Hegseth mentioned the prayer was recited by the “Sandy 1” Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) mission in Iran.

Calling on everybody to wish with him, Hegseth then learn a prayer that was practically word-for-word the road delivered by Jackson in Tarantino’s movie: “The path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the inequities of the egocentric and the tyranny of evil males. Blessed is he within the title of camaraderie who and obligation shepherds the misplaced by the valley of darkness, for he’s actually his brother’s keeper and the finder of misplaced youngsters. And I’ll strike down upon thee with nice vengeance and livid anger those that try and seize and destroy my brother, and you’ll know my name signal is Sandy 1 once I lay my vengeance upon thee.”

Watch Jost’s full interview on “The Tonight Show” within the video beneath.