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The real-life raccoon that got wasted in a Virginia liquor store got more time in the spotlight via Sherman’s portrayal.

Sarah Sherman dressed up as the viral drunk raccoon who broke into a Virginia liquor store in a “Saturday Night Live” skit. “Here to explain their actions is that drunk raccoon,” comedian Colin Jost said during the “Weekend Update” segment.

“Weekend Update” co-host Colin Jost played Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as if he were headlining a metal show, with walkout music booming and an energy drink in hand. “You got questions for me?” Jost-as-Hegseth rumbled. “Fine. Pretend I’m a random fishing boat and fire away.”

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After a two-week hiatus and a Thanksgiving celebration, Saturday Night Live finally returned in the first week of December with a bang. The cold open .

"Saturday Night Live" took notice of the now-viral raccoon who went into the ABC Store in Ashland, featuring the critter during the "Weekend Update" segment.

Sarah Sherman was wild in a drunk raccoon costume, trying to eat poop and hook up with 'SNL' Weekend Update host Colin Jost.

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Colin Jost reprised his blistering impression of embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Jost, who rarely appears on Saturday Night Live outside “Weekend Update,” portrayed Hegseth as an aggressive, angry man struggling to downplay the scandal of his alleged war crimes against Venezuelan drug boats.