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Last week the Indianapolis Colts fired Frank Reich after a disappointing 3-5-1 start to the season and then stunned everyone when they hired Jeff Saturday as their interim head coach.

Saturday has not ever coached at the college or pro level and wasn’t a part of the Colts staff, making him a bizarre off-board choice for the interim job, with Jim Irsay defending the hire with a variety of bizarre statements at a wild and defiant press conference. The hire has been widely panned and you’d be hard pressed to find anyone within the greater NFL community willing to defend it. Among those who have torched the Colts for the decision are former All-Pro offensive lineman Joe Thomas, who called it “disrespectful,” and, most recently, Hall of Fame coach Bill Cowher.

Cowher explained on CBS’ pregame show on Sunday why the hire is such an outrage, calling it a “disgrace to the coaching profession” and noting how Saturday is skipping all of the steps that every coach has to take to get to that level — and willingly did so by turning down multiple offers to become an assistant.

It’s a strong statement from Cowher and the point about the assistants who have been there the entire time is an important one. It seems impossible for Saturday to get complete buy-in, not just from players, but from the rest of the staff when he jumped them in line to take a job he’s not even remotely qualified for and will have to lean on them to try and make himself look good.

Not everyone is happy with Twitter after Elon Musk purchased the platform for $44 million last month. Within the first few weeks of Musk’s spearheading of the platform, the use of racial slurs has risen, and Musk has laid off a large number of Twitter employees. This past week, the process of earning a verification badge was made easier, as any Twitter Blue user can now have a verification mark on their site for $8 per month.

As a result, several people have left Twitter, or have indicated their plans to leave the site. One of those is rapper Soulja Boy, who took to Twitter to express his dissatisfaction with Twitter, saying, “Bro leave twitter alone @elonmusk wtf are you doing.”

Though he didn’t specify which parts of Twitter he’s not a fan of, he doubled down on his comments, and voiced his intentions to leave.

“Wow… I can’t believe this. F*ck it I’m going to create my own app,” he said in another tweet.

In the last of the tweets, Soulja said, “Bye twitter catch me on instagram until my app launches.”

Although that’s one less platform for Soulja, he shouldn’t be too worried. After having launched his career through MySpace over 15 years ago, and still creating viral TikTok dances, it’s safe to say he has the social media game figured out.

This time last week, it might have seemed unlikely that the midterm elections would be bad for Republicans. And yet it has, thanks in part to Donald Trump. The former president suffered yet another major setback, with the majority of his hand-picked candidates underperforming or flaming out, snuffing out the promised/threatened “red wave.” He’s not at war with the GOP, over which he has long loomed. And on SNL Saturday night, Weekend Update was here for the battle.

“Rupert Murdoch this week officially turned on Donald Trump,” Colin Jost told the crowd. “First, the New York Post ran a cover calling Ron DeSantis, Ron DeFuture even though Ron DeFuture sounds more like a drag queen from outer space.” He continued: “Then on Thursday, The Post showed Donald Trump as an egg sitting on a wall with the headline, ‘Trumpty Dumpty,’ which had to be the easiest Photoshop job in history.”

Jost also took on Trump’s beef with his longtime potential 2024 challenger. He said that “now Trump is threatening to reveal unflattering information about Ron DeSantis. For example, did you know Ron DeSantis is in charge of a state where some maniac was hiding stolen nuclear secrets?”, he said, over images of all the government documents Trump dragged down to Mar-a-Lago.

Co-host Michael Che weighed in on Herschel Walker, one of the underperforming Trump candidates, whose race against incumbent Georgia senator Raphael Warnock has led to a runoff election in December. “Walker has offered Warnock $500 to just… take care of it, baby,” Che joked, a nod to allegations that he paid women to have abortions.

You can watch the segment in the video above.

The NFL. made its debut in Germany on Sunday, as the Bucs and Seahawks played in Munich with Tom Brady and Tampa earning a 21-16 win to move back to .500 on the season.

After a sleepy start, the fans in Germany were treated to some fireworks in the second half, with some impressive touchdown drives from both teams, a mind-numbing playcall from the Bucs where they tried to throw a fade to Tom Brady that resulted in a pick, and some late drama after Seattle clawed to within five late.

On the last touchdown of the game, where Geno Smith threw a dime to Marquise Goodwin in the corner of the end zone on 4th and 1, the NFL Network crew called in Mike Pereira, who FOX loaned for rules questions for the game, to discuss whether Goodwin controlled the ball through the ground. Mike showed the angle that proved he clearly did and then figured his job was done, but forgot he was still on camera as he looked at something off to his right that, uh, got his attention.

Look, I’m not sure what Mike saw over there but whatever it was he was very excited about it, to say the least, licking his lips and walking off screen like cartoon character that just caught a whiff of a pie left on a windowsill. I can’t speculate on exactly what was over there, but Mike might want to double check that he’s no longer on a split screen before letting his attention wander.

Stranger Things fan Megan Thee Stallion celebrated Stranger Things Day on November 6 by endearingly reacting to stars Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp being fans of hers. We know, it reads like an Inception plot, but just watch.

Last Sunday, November 6, Netflix quizzed Meg on which song Schnapp said would save him from Vecna. She threw her hands up, and said, “What? It would be funny if he said ‘WAP,’ but it would be on brand if he said ‘Savage.’ Once it was revealed that Schnapp tweeted in May, “If I ever get cursed by Vecna just play ‘WAP‘ on my Airpods and I’ll be out of that trance in no time,” Meg couldn’t contain her laughter. “Yes, another instance that ‘WAP’ saves the day. Love that for us. Y’all need to put me and Cardi in the show at this point.”

Meg’s campaigning to be in Stranger Things didn’t stop there. Netflix tweeted out a split-screen clip on Friday (November 11) showing Brown’s real-time reaction to learning Megan Thee Stallion is a Stranger Things super fan — and Meg’s reaction to Brown’s reaction. “I am dead right now,” Brown said. “It’s like, god, I don’t know what to say. I’m sweating! There’s boob sweat!”

When asked by a producer what she’d like to say to the multiplatinum Houston rapper, Brown couldn’t find any words and couldn’t believe that Hot Girl Meg knew she existed. “Millie, girl, I love you,” Meg said in her portion of the video. “I can’t believe that you love me. Like, when I be watching the show, I be like, ‘Yeah, Eleven! Get it!’ My mind is blown. I literally love Stranger Things. I love you in Stranger Things. I wanna be in Stranger Things because you are in Stranger Things. At this point, just tag me in the show. Or make me Eleven’s best friend. I’ll be Twelve.”

Stranger Things Day also ushered in the news that the fifth and final season premiere episode is titled “Chapter One: The Crawl.” See more Stranger Things content from the day below.

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You know who’s a big Game of Thrones fan? Dave Chappelle. Like many GoT fans, he’s also really into House of the Dragon. But during his third stint hosting SNL, he revealed that there’s one aspect of the prequel spinoff that leaves him with mixed feelings. “I love that they’re including Black characters. But to be honest, the Black characters … they take me out of it a little bit,” he told the crowd. “It’s that blonde hair and old timey accents. It’s a little jarring, where are these people from?”

Turns out Chappelle was teeing up a pre-taped sketch, which both sent that aspect up and allowed him to dust off some beloved Chappelle’s Show characters. The sketch begins mostly straight, with Chloe Fineman taking on Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and James Austin Johnson losing one body part after another as sickly King Viserys Targaryen.

Eventually they start bringing in Black allies from far flung lands. Among them are three Chappelle’s Show characters: Silky Johnson, Tyrone Biggums and Rick James, as well as original cast member Donnell Rawlings. If that wasn’t enough, Ice-T even made a cameo, playing light-skinned “Larry Targaryen.”

You can watch the House of the Dragon sketch in the video above.

On the heels of Her Loss, his collaborative album with 21 Savage, Drake was feeling a stroke of luck yesterday. Ahead of last night’s UFC fight between Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya, Drake placed a $2 million bet behind the latter using betting app, Stake. Unfortunately, the bet didn’t work out in his favor.

On his Instagram story, Drake shared a screenshot of the bet he placed on Stake, captioned “Been focused on the album I gotta get back to stacking up.”

As a result of the bet, Drake lost $2 million.

It appears Drake may also soon be in the hole for more money. Last week, after the release of Her Loss, Vogue filed a lawsuit against Drake and 21 for creating a fake Vogue cover to promote their album.

According to TMZ, Vogue‘s parent company Conde Nast said Vogue and its editor-in-chief Anna Wintour “‘have not endorsed [Her Loss] in any way’”… and have asked multiple times for all promos using the Vogue name to be taken down, but nothing’s been done.”

At the time of writing, neither Drake nor 21 Savage have publically commented on the matter. Though it shouldn’t burn too much of a hole in Drake’s pocket, because as he raps on “Major Distribution,” he is currently doing “Bad Bunny numbers” on streaming platforms. “It’s a robbery,” he continues, “500 million, just for Aubrey.”

Last week wasn’t a great one for the Republican party. For months, they’d promised a “red wave,” where they’d destroy the Democrats’ hold over Congress. That didn’t happen. What did happen is a lot of Fox News viewers tuned in to watch hosts become increasingly verklempt. Sure enough, that was the focus of the latest SNL Cold Open.

Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, and Bowen Yang played the chipper hosts of Fox & Friends, who were no longer so upbeat. They started with a chat with one of the only Trump-backed candidates not to totally flame out (but who is currently behind in the results): Kari Lake, the former anti-Trump anchor who loves denying the 2020 election and doing Zoom interviews in Portrait Mode.

Cecily Strong did an eerily accurate take on Lake in a bit that torpedoed her voter fraud schtick. “It’s my belief that the election was rigged and the results should be thrown out,” she said, bemoaning the fact that her opponent, Katie Hobbs, currently has a slight edge on her. After her Fox & Friends hosts informed her that she’d suddenly taken the lead, Lake — who’s insinuated that she’d only accept the results if she won — pulled a 180, saying, “Which is why I have always said, this is a democracy. Trust the system. Trust the voters.”

Later they got a call from someone some at the network wish would quit while he’s behind: former president Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), who took some time out from his daughter Tiffany’s wedding to blabber about nonsense. Eventually the Fox News hosts had to break up with him.

“Mr. President. I don’t know how to tell you this. But we have moved on. We can’t have you on the show anymore,” said Gardner’s Ainsley Earhardt.

“What? What did I do?” a crestfallen Trump asked. “Was it the insurrection?” He then went through a long, long list of his many scandals: the impeachment, “blackmailing Ukraine,” Charlottesville, etc. But the real reason was because he lost.

“We just don’t see a future with you,” Day’s Steve Doocy told him. “But we can still be friends.” They then pushed him off the screen. But will the real Fox News be so bold as to dump him? Or will Teflon Don have his 100th comeback?

You can watch the sketch in the video above.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks were in Munich on Sunday for the NFL’s first regular season visit to Germany, and the first half was all Bucs, as they took a 14-0 lead into halftime.

Seattle would get a field goal on their opening drive of the third quarter, but as was the case in the second quarter, Tampa’s offense found its groove and once again marched down the field deep into Seahawks territory. Early in the drive, they picked up a decent gain on a direct snap to Leonard Fournette in which Tom Brady split out wide and was uncovered as he trotted down the field.

The Bucs coaching staff and Brady noticed this, and decided to go back to that formation for some trickery as they got into the red zone, asking Fournette to fake like he was running another sweep to his right and then throw back to Brady on a fade. The problem was, Tariq Woolen was simply baiting the Bucs and dropped back into coverage on Brady, easily picking off the Fournette pass as Brady slipped and fell (getting a 15-yard penalty in the process for tripping Woolen as he came down with the ball).

I get what the Bucs saw on the first play, but they didn’t factor in the situation. At midfield, the risk of a Brady throwback is maybe a 15-yard gain and a first down, so Seattle can just ignore him knowing someone would get over there eventually to force him to step out of bounds. In the red zone, the Seahawks know a throwback would be a touchdown, so they’re going to keep an eye on him rather than just abandon him completely, and the Bucs somehow didn’t recognize that’d be the case.

The good news for Tampa is the Seahawks would turn it over on the ensuing drive with their own red zone turnover when Geno Smith fumbled the ball, so it didn’t produce a huge swing, but I think Byron Leftwich can tear that play out of his playbook as long as Brady is his QB.

The internet was aflutter last week when Abby De La Rosa seemingly confirmed that Nick Cannon was the father of her unborn child. Days later, Cannon and De La Rosa welcomed their third child together. Beautiful Zeppelin Cannon, Cannon’s 11th child overall, fittingly arrived on Friday, November 11.

“11/11/2022 A BEAUTIFUL DAY for ‘BEAUTIFUL ZEPPELIN CANNON’ to arrive!” Cannon wrote on Instagram. “Mommy @hiabbydelarosa I love you! You make it ALL look so easy and effortless but I am forever indebted to your tireless work of constant dedication, diligent effort and selfless love that you give to our children and myself. Beautiful is privileged to have such a Loving and Spiritually inclined Mother. Your resilience and strength doesn’t go unnoticed. Watching you smile through the world’s madness and my constant craziness is so impressive. Not a day goes by that I am not filled with gratitude for all your care, words of affirmation, kindness and inspiration. Thank you!! If I don’t say it enough! You are the definition of steadfast and virtuous and it is my continued duty to make you and our children feel valued and protected every single day! BEAUTIFUL ZEPPELIN aka BZC aka BIZZY B! Get ready because the world is yours! Daddy loves you!!”

Cannon and De La Rosa welcomed twins sons Zion and Zillion in June 2021. Cannon also shares 11-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe with ex-wife Mariah Carey. He has welcomed five-year-old Golden, nearly two-year-old Powerful and one-month-old Rise with Brittany Bell. Cannon shared a five-month-old son, Zen, with Alyssa Scott, with whom he is expecting another baby soon. Zen tragically died last December from brain cancer. His fourth-month-old son Legend is with Bre Tiesi, and LaNisha Cole is the mother of Cannon’s one-month-old daughter Onyx.

Earlier this month, Scott posted steamy maternity photos with Cannon. See them below.

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