Industry May 16, 2026
‘SNL’ rejected joke about Pete Hegseth’s Bible verse quote
The US Secretary of War made headlines after quoting a fake Bible passage from Quentin Tarantino’s crime classic
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NME
Colin Jost revealed that ‘Saturday Night Live’ rejected a joke about Pete Hegseth, the US Secretary of War, quoting a fabricated Bible passage from ‘Pulp Fiction’. This incident occurred weeks before Hegseth actually made headlines for quoting the fake verse from Quentin Tarantino’s crime film. The specific content of the rejected joke is not provided. Originally reported by NME.