SNL skewers Pam Bondi in cold open: ‘Shattered the glass exit door’

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5 Apr 2026 • 9:54 PM MYT
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  • Saturday Night Live's cold open featured Ashley Padilla portraying Pam Bondi, who was recently fired as Attorney General.
  • The sketch, set during NCAA March Madness, showed Bondi defiantly claiming she made history as the “first woman ever to be fired as Attorney General.”
  • Bondi's character expressed sadness over her dismissal, lamenting that her headshot was discarded “like it was the Epstein files.” “The truth is, I was amazing at my job and I am proud to say I made history as the first woman ever to be fired as Attorney General,” she said. “I shattered that glass exit door.”
  • Bondi was fired by Donald Trump amid speculation regarding her handling of Jeffrey Epstein files and the Justice Department's failure to prosecute political enemies.
  • Reports from MS NOW indicated that Justice Department staffers indeed threw Bondi's portrait into a trash can after her departure was announced.

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