Colin Jost Pitched Pete Hegseth’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ Speech For ‘SNL’ Before It Happened In Real Life

Colin Jost may have accidentally tapped into psychic powers he didn’t know he had. The “Saturday Night Live” star has been earning raves for his portrayal of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the iconic sketch series, and he told Jimmy Fallon during a recent “Tonight Show” interview that art ended up imitating life in a truly unexpected and even eerie way. Hegseth himself made headlines in recent weeks for citing a Bible verse during a Pentagon worship service, but the scripture he quoted appeared to resemble an embellished version made famous in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 classic “Pulp Fiction” – a move Colin had already thought of as a potential comedy bit. Hegseth had credited the prayer to a U.S. Air Force team that rescued an American airman from Iran, but social media was quick to draw parallels with that iconic monologue from Samuel L. Jackson. Colin told Jimmy that the idea was considered for “SNL” ahead of time but ended up on the cutting room floor, leaving him to draw only one conclusion when he saw it play out in real life.