Ramy Youssef Reveals His Urgent Prayer For Palestine In 'SNL' Monologue
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The "Saturday Night Live" host addressed Israel's ongoing war in Gaza on the NBC comedy sketch show.
Ramy Youssef shared his prayer to “please free the people of Palestine” in an urgent message in his “Saturday Night Live” monologue this weekend.
Youssef, who hosted “SNL” for the first time this weekend, has advocated for an “immediate, permanent” ceasefire as part of the Artists4Ceasefire collective and pushed for “peace and lasting justice” for the Palestinian people amid Israel’s war in Gaza.
The comedian, after a bit where he mentioned a friend fighting with an ex-partner over a dog, revealed that he got a call from another friend who has family members in Gaza.
“He goes Ramy, they’re suffering, I don’t know where half of them are, I don’t know what to do, please, pray for them, it’s the only thing we can do. And I’m like, ‘Dude, I got you,’ right,” said Youssef, adding that his prayers were “complicated.”
He continued, “I’m like, ’God, please, please help Ahmed’s family, please stop the suffering, please stop the violence, please free the people of Palestine, please. And please free the hostages, all the hostages, please.”
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