At the beginning of the year, Colin Jost and Michael Che were among a handful of SNL cast members who expressed support for then-candidate Trump. Now, it’s safe to say that those two are at least indirectly responsible for the president’s current job. The two men who appeared to be on the show’s side in 2016 have been called out for their Trump-supporting humor. As of Net Worth Gorilla, Daniel A. Jost net worth is around $1 Million – $5 Million.
Colin Jost and Michael Che Want You to Stop Blaming Them for Trump
The idea that Jost and Che have not been able to escape Trump’s shadow has been covered by outlets like The New York Times and Comedy Central, but Jost is now taking it upon himself to clear up any confusion. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he explained how he has changed his own approach to political humor on SNL since the election.
Jost said that he no longer has any interest in making jokes about conservative politicians, like former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly or then-candidate Trump.
“I don’t want to go into the Bill O’Reilly thing because it will just get me in trouble, and I don’t want to get in trouble,” Jost said. “I think O’Reilly is a good person and I think he has a point of view that people can agree or disagree with. But I just don’t want to go there anymore because I know it will be a derailment if we do it again. And that was one of those things where we were like, ‘Yeah, let’s do that one again. Let’s do Trump again.’ And then we were like, ‘Nope.’”
Jost also said that he has avoided making jokes about Trump on the show since the election. This includes jokes about his Twitter rants, as well as his administration. He explained that he doesn’t want to make fun of the president in order to make fun of the president.
“I think that’s what we tried to do with Trump, at least I did,” Jost said. “Because he was really good at it and I didn’t want to be that guy who said the same thing as him. I just have a feeling that if you do that, people will come for you. And I feel like there are certain things where you need to leave people on their own and not make them hate themselves because they hate you.”
Final Words
Jost also said that he is not trying to avoid making fun of Donald Trump anymore than he already does. He explained how he has always made sure to take pride in his work on SNL, regardless of how much criticism it gets from the public or from politicians.
“It doesn’t matter what anybody says about me,” Jost said. “That doesn’t affect me as much as I want it to. It’s not about what people say about me. I think it’s important that we have an opinion and that we don’t try to make everybody feel good or everybody feel bad or everybody be happy or everybody be mad. That doesn’t work out in the long run.
So, I just try not to worry about what people are thinking and focus on, ‘What can I do that makes my job better and makes this show better?’
And if people like it or they don’t like it, then they can go ahead and let me know. But I think that if you really listen to what you do, then you can figure out how to make the show more effective in a way that people will respond to and enjoy more. That is the goal of every comedian, so that is what I try to do every week.”
Colin Jost father , Daniel A. Jost a famous writer for the New York Times, even wrote a lengthy piece in which he called out Trump and his supporters for their “bigoted” attitudes.
Colin Jost Political Views
Colin Jost is a staunch Democrat, and he has been vocal about his political views. He has also been an outspoken supporter of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party throughout the election season.
Jost is a staunch Democrat and has been vocal about his political views. He has also been an outspoken supporter of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party throughout the election season. In fact, he was one of the many celebrities who made fun of Donald Trump on SNL as part of their “Celebrity Jeopardy” sketches in 2016.
Jost is a proud liberal and it’s no wonder why he supports Hillary Clinton for president over Donald Trump. The two are polar opposites politically, but Jost says that he doesn’t care if people disagree with him because they don’t know what they’re talking about when it comes to politics or comedy.
“I don’t care what people think about me. I don’t. And that’s because I know that people have no idea what they’re talking about. If someone is telling you, ‘Oh, you’re wrong,’ then you know that person is wrong and you can decide if it’s worth changing your opinion about them or not,” Jost said. “I think people who have no idea what they’re talking about should just shut up.”
Political Views
Jost isn’t afraid to speak his mind when it comes to politics and he’s willing to tell Donald Trump exactly how he feels about him and the policies he has proposed during his campaign for president of the United States. Jost says Trump’s comments on SNL were unprofessional, but he was still able to make fun of him by taking part in their “Celebrity Jeopardy” sketches in 2016. He also spoke out against Trump during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he told the Republican candidate that he was “as wrong as you can possibly be.”
“When Donald Trump was on Saturday Night Live, I thought it was very unprofessional and I said so,” Jost said. “But then I went back and watched the show, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, that’s funny.’ So it’s just like anything else. When you take a joke out of context it can look bad. But when you put it in context, it’s funny.”