Tom Hanks Returns as David S. Pumpkins in SNL Halloween Cold Open Featuring Donald Trump
The actor revived his character in a sketch that included James Austin Johnson portraying Donald Trump discussing midterm election polls.
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First reported by Deadline, 10 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 4 articles since 1 Nov 2026. Deadline published first, on 1 November at 03:52 UTC; Variety followed 11 min later. The most recent article, from Variety, appeared on 1 November at 05:03 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), Deadline, Rolling Stone.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- DeadlineTom Hanks Returns As David S. Pumpkins For ‘Saturday Night Live’ Halloween-Themed Opener Interrupted By Donald Trump’s Midterm Malaise
- Variety‘SNL’ Cold Open Crashed by Tom Hanks as David S. Pumpkins, Nicki Minaj and Donald Trump, Who Admits He ‘Might Be Gay’
- Rolling Stone‘SNL’ Cold Open: Trump Crashes Tom Hanks’ Halloween to Praise His ‘Great A**’
- Variety‘SNL’ Weekend Update Finally Weighs in on Israel
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- ‘SNL’ Weekend Update Finally Weighs in on Israel Variety ·
- ‘SNL’ Cold Open Crashed by Tom Hanks as David S. Pumpkins, Nicki Minaj and Donald Trump, Who Admits He ‘Might Be Gay’ Variety ·
- ‘SNL’ Cold Open: Trump Crashes Tom Hanks’ Halloween to Praise His ‘Great A**’ Rolling Stone
- Tom Hanks Returns As David S. Pumpkins For ‘Saturday Night Live’ Halloween-Themed Opener Interrupted By Donald Trump’s Midterm Malaise Deadline
In this story
- Tom Hanks
- David S. Pumpkins
- Nicki Minaj
- Donald Trump
- Saturday Night Live