‘SNL UK’ makes Hitler gag about Jewish Mark Zuckerberg

“Saturday Evening Reside UK” has been slammed for a distasteful joke aimed toward Meta proprietor and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

“It’s been revealed that Meta billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is constructing a bunker below his compound in California,” stated “Weekend Replace” co-host Ania Magliano.

“And I hope he makes use of that bunker in precisely the identical approach Hitler did,” she added, prompting shocked reactions from the dwell viewers.

The joke referenced the Führerbunker, an underground air-raid shelter close to the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, the place Adolf Hitler spent his closing 105 days, in the end committing suicide on April 30, 1945.

Viewers had been livid on the gag, with one posting: “So they need him to commit suicide? That line in regards to the bunker… yikes, however comedy’s purported to push boundaries.”

One other wrote: “How is that comedy?” And yet one more added: “The feminine anchor appears to assume that coyly chuckling at each joke will persuade individuals it’s humorous.”

The joke got here amid stories that Zuckerberg, who’s Jewish, has created a bunker of his personal.

Hidden beneath the manicured exterior of his $110 million Palo Alto compound, Zuckerberg has reportedly accomplished an enormous 7,000-square-foot subterranean sanctuary that neighbors have dubbed the “Bat Cave.”

Whereas the undertaking required years of disruptive building and authorized maneuvering to make sure privateness, its inside reveals a peculiar, cinematic inspiration: The forest moon of Endor.

The Meta CEO, a lifelong Star Wars fanatic, has outfitted the “Armageddon-proof” area with a forest of artificial big sequoias, meticulously crafted to duplicate the Ewok tree village from “Return of the Jedi.”

Zuckerberg shouldn’t be the one billionaire to have a doomsday-style bunker. Over half of Silicon Valley’s tech billionaires are estimated to have “apocalypse insurance coverage” or doomsday bunkers.

These initiatives, usually positioned in distant areas like New Zealand or Hawaii, function luxurious, self-sustaining facilities — hydroponics, safety groups and extra — designed to resist nuclear, AI or local weather catastrophes. Notable homeowners embody Invoice Gates, Sam Altman and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.

Since its debut, the UK “SNL” present — modeled after the US authentic — noticed over 200,000 views however has misplaced hundreds of viewers. It aired on Sky One on March 21, 2026.

The solid consists of Hammed Animashaun, Ayoade Bamgboye, Larry Dean, Celeste Dring, George Fouracres, Ania Magliano, Annabel Marlow, Al Nash, Jack Shep, Emma Sidi and Paddy Younger.

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