Aziz Ansari's Kash Patel calls himself 'first Indian person to suck at their job' in 'SNL' cold open

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. "Saturday Night Live" returns with a cold open featuring Aziz Ansari as Kash Patel and Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth, parodying a White House press briefing after the Trump assassination attempt. "Saturday Night Live" opened its Saturday episode with a White House press briefing sketch featuring Aziz Ansari as FBI Director Kash Patel, satirizing the administration’s response to an assassination attempt of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. The sketch’s most striking moment came as Ansari’s Patel framed himself as a "trailblazer" while undercutting his own competence. "I’m the first Indian person to suck at their job," Ansari said as Patel. "We can be just as incapable and incompetent as the Whites." The character also mocked the agency’s investigative timeline when pressed by reporters. Aziz Ansari appears as K