Bowen Yang Portrays Jensen Huang in SNL Tech Tycoon Sketch

John Mulaney played a CIA agent leading a group of technology executives through a lesson on spotting a romantic deception, in a sketch that drew on the scandal surrounding Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. Bowen Yang made a surprise return to the show as Huang, who resigned as the company’s chief executive after revelations of affairs, including one with someone possibly linked to Chinese intelligence and another with a subordinate. Nvidia shares fell after the revelations.

The sketch portrayed the executives as vulnerable to attention from attractive women. Mulaney’s character used charts to suggest that tech billionaires and beautiful women had little in common. Yang’s Huang joked about the company’s stock market performance, while Mulaney introduced him with a pun on Huang’s name.

Other cast members played Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Anthropic chief Dario Amodei, Elon Musk and OpenAI chief Sam Altman. The appearance marked Yang’s return to the program after his time as a cast member.

Mulaney hosted for the seventh time. He is promoting an upcoming John Madden biopic for Amazon Prime Video and is touring with his “Mister Whatever” stand-up show. Phoebe Bridgers was the musical guest, making her second appearance in that role.