In a sketch from Saturday Night Live’s October 18, 2025 episode, James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump drops into a fictional teen podcast and asks its young hosts whether he is going to heaven. The answer is a political punch line—not a theological verdict.
What happens in the sketch?
The scene takes place on Snack Homiez, a fictional teen podcast whose conversation ranges across snacks, Halloween candy, vegetables, and slang. Sabrina Carpenter, Chloe Fineman, Jane Wickline, and Veronika Slowikowska play the hosts; Salon describes them as 12-year-olds. Johnson’s Trump character interrupts the youthful chat to turn it toward politics and his prospects in the afterlife. The Independent’s account and Salon’s account both identify the sketch as part of Carpenter’s October 18 episode.
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Why does Trump ask, “Am I going to heaven, chat?”
The question turns the familiar online-address “chat” into part of the joke: a politician looking to a group of teenagers for a judgment about the afterlife. The Independent and Salon connect the bit to Trump’s public comments about his prospects after death. In the sketch, the hosts’ hesitation becomes comic material, rather than an answer grounded in religious doctrine.
The Independent reports the character’s short response to the question as “Probably not, right?” followed by “Epstein.” That is dialogue performed by Johnson’s fictional Trump, not a statement made by the real Trump in the scene.
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How does the sketch bring in No Kings and George Santos?
The conversation also turns the No Kings demonstrations into a “Yes, King” gag. In the fictional Trump’s explanation, the protests are supposedly celebrating his decision to commute former congressman George Santos’s prison sentence. He calls Santos “weird” and “a liar,” then says, “I think he’s great.” The contradiction is the joke: the character praises someone even as he lists reasons to disparage him. Salon and The Independent report the exchange.
Is the sketch making a theological claim?
No. It is topical political satire, using a Trump impersonation, a teen-podcast setting, and reported public comments about the afterlife to build a punch line. The sketch does not establish who will or will not enter heaven, and its dialogue should not be mistaken for a religious ruling or for words spoken by the real Trump in that scene.
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Where can you watch it?
Salon links to a YouTube watch page for the sketch, but its current accessibility and regional availability have not been verified. The Independent and Salon are contemporaneous accounts, not an official SNL transcript; exact wording beyond the short reported lines may differ. The longer question is reported with slightly different wording by the two outlets, so it is best not to treat either version as a definitive transcript.
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