Disgraced former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was lampooned during the “Saturday Night Live” cold open on Saturday when comedian Bowen Yang made a surprise return to Studio 8H.
The sketch featured host John Mulaney playing a CIA official warning tech billionaires about foreign espionage honeytraps. The meeting followed Huang’s resignation from the chipmaker he founded over 30 years ago.
“America needs you to learn the difference between a woman who would actually want to have sex with you and a woman who is clearly a spy,” said Mulaney’s CIA guide.
James Austin Johnson portrayed Peter Thiel, Ben Marshall played Sam Altman, Jane Wickline took the role of Dario Amodei, Andrew Dismukes acted as Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeremy Culhane appeared as Elon Musk. Zuckerberg offered, “Never date a human woman,” when asked what lesson to draw from Huang’s downfall. Thiel asked the agency to name a single time technology let the public down.
Mulaney pointed to a nationwide flight ground stop and a global Microsoft Outlook outage.
Mulaney introduced someone “who learned this lesson the hard way” after using Venn diagrams to explain espionage. Yang walked on stage wearing Huang’s trademark leather jacket.
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“It’s me, Jensen ‘Hide Your Wife’ Huang,” Yang said. “Ladies, when you invite Jensen over, you know what’s about to go down: The S&P 500. That’s right, I’m into BDSM: Breaking Da Stock Market.”
Huang resigned on November 12, 2026. U.S. intelligence officials and media reports revealed extramarital relationships involving a Chinese businesswoman suspected of spying for Beijing. Yang told his fellow tech moguls, “Fellas, don’t be like me. Remember, women don’t like guys like us. That’s how we became guys like us.”
Yang last appeared on the NBC show in December 2025.
Mulaney wrote for the program between 2008 and 2013 and returned to host for the seventh time. The host promoted his John Madden biopic titled “Madden,” arriving on Amazon Prime Video and select movie theaters on November 18.
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