Revealed: SNL rejected 'Pulp Fiction' Bible verse joke weeks before it happened

<p><img width="2000" height="1270" src="https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/live-colin-jost.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Colin Jost" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/live-colin-jost.jpg 2000w, https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/live-colin-jost-400x254.jpg 400w, https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/live-colin-jost-800x508.jpg 800w, https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/live-colin-jost-696x442.jpg 696w, https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/live-colin-jost-1392x884.jpg 1392w, https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/live-colin-jost-1068x678.jpg 1068w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" /></p><p><em><a href="https://www.nme.com/series/saturday-night-live">Saturday Night Live</a>&#8216;s</em> Colin Jost accidentally predicted the widely mocked moment Donald Trump’s defence secretary Pete Hegseth read a fake Bible verse during a Pentagon wo