Reese Witherspoon returned to host Saturday Night Live for the second time, marking her first time on the show in 14 years. The episode saw her playing a cat enthusiast, an aspiring talk show host and a lifeguard.
In the cold open, a DJ (Cecily Strong) introduced the audience to the various GOP candidates at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. She said about Ted Cruz, played by Bobby Moynihan, “Ted’s hard on immigration and soft on chins,”
The monologue featured the castmembers apologizing to their real-life moms, including Kate McKinnon regretting that she would pretend to be Joey Buttafuoco as a child
