Via YouTube/Saturday Night LiveLife & Culture / NewsLife & Culture / NewsGrimes joins Elon Musk for a Mario-themed courtroom drama on SNLThe SpaceX founder also joked about the pronunciation of their son’s name, X Æ A-Xii, in his opening monologueShareLink copied ✔️May 9, 2021May 9, 2021TextThom Waite Last night, Elon Musk controversially hosted Saturday Night Live, despite widespread objections, including public skepticism from several cast members. Appearing alongside musical guest Miley Cyrus, the billionaire SpaceX founder was also joined by his partner Grimes, in a courtroom sketch based on the Mario franchise. “Tune into SNL tonight to watch me try acting!” the musician wrote in a teaser posted to Instagram ahead of the show. Specifically, Grimes plays the Princess Peach to Musk’s Wario in the SNL skit, accused of cheating on Mario with his brother, Luigi. If, for some reason, you ever wanted to witness the Miss Anthropocene musician’s over-the-top Italian accent, then you’re in luck. Elsewhere, in his introductory monologue, the self-proclaimed “Technoking of Tesla” makes jokes about the name of their child, X Æ A-Xii — “It’s pronounced: cat running across the keyboard” — and discusses topics ranging from his otherworldly ambitions, to that time he tentatively tried smoking weed on Joe Rogan’s podcast. Of course, he also found time to plug Dogecoin, having celebrated the meme currency for some time (apparently, the price immediately plummeted). The first hour of SNL in #Dogecoin... pic.twitter.com/tq5Q7e2x93— Marcus Baram (@mbaram) May 9, 2021 “I believe that humanity must become a multi-planetary, space-faring civilisation,” he says at one point in the monologue. “Those seem like exciting goals, don’t they? If I just posted that on Twitter, I’d be fine.” Presumably, that’s as long as he stayed away from proclaiming that “a bunch of people will probably die”. Continuing on the theme of his almost-constant Twitter controversy, he adds: “To anyone I’ve offended, I just want to say I reinvented electric cars and I’m sending people to Mars in a rocket ship. Did you think I was also gonna be a chill normal dude?” Watch Elon Musk’s entire opening monologue, along with Grimes’ appearance in the SNL courtroom sketch, below. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThe gospel of Kris: Could your profile pic be a portal to prosperity?New novel Fruit Fly plumbs the depths of creative desperation Nike Airmaxxing with singer-songwriter Simone RuthWait, whose life is frictionless?We’re Chinamaxxing our way through the death of the westIvy Wolk will never abandon the internetLonely Crowds: The debut novel that became a cult literary obsession‘I fucked my boyfriend’s brother’: Our readers confess their worst mistakesevian’s birthday party was straight out of a Wes Anderson movieNobody wants to seem ‘media trained’ anymoreWhy do friendship breakups hurt so much?‘It’s majorly addictive’: The rise of smutty book clubsEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy