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Elon Musk's Wario SNL Skit Reportedly Made Nintendo Uncomfortable - IGN
Publisher description: Nintendo was reportedly unhappy with Elon Musk's 2021 Saturday Night Live sketch where he played Wario.
NewsAPI | Oct 12, 2026 | Cade Onder
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Updated: Oct 12, 2026 9:29pm UTCNintendo was reportedly unhappy with Elon Musk's 2021 Saturday Night Live sketch where he played Wario. In 2021, Elon Musk starred in a Saturday Night Live sketch where he played Wario. The skit was poorly received online and, apparently, by Nintendo itself. Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang, two former Nintendo PR managers, revealed in a recent episode of their YouTube show that the SNL skit "did not go well" with Nintendo at the time.
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