Supporters of President Donald Trump lost their mind Sunday night at the reappearance of a Trump-loving conservative character on Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary show, played by Tom Hanks.

For the commemorative episode, SNL returned to some of its most popular sketches—including Black Jeopardy!, a game show that first debuted on the comedy series in 2014. The premise: asking questions that are favorable to the Black community which often leaves its white contestant fumbling for an answer.

Hanks initially made headlines with his character, Doug, in a 2016 sketch. Hanks wore a “Make America Great Again” cap, American Eagle shirt and spoke with a southern drawl. He also surprisingly had a knack for answering the show’s questions correctly.

In that sketch, Black Jeopardy! host Darnell Hayes, played by Kenan Thompson, attempts to shake Doug’s hand, which Doug backs away from but eventually agrees to.

In 2016, co-writer Michael Che told Seth Meyers: “It made a lot of sense because all this comedy seems very divisive, and this is kind of a thing that says, ‘Listen, we’re not that different when you really break it down,’” Che said.

On Sunday night, Doug was back, much to MAGA’s ire, and again initially refused a handshake from Hayes, seemingly not having learned anything in the eight years since his debut.

Black Jeopardy! #SNL50 pic.twitter.com/QFKKTRWeer

— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) February 17, 2025

“Don’t like that, woah, woah, woah,” Doug can be heard saying, before eventually shaking Hayes’ hand.

“Maybe I’ll start a show for you to come on and we’ll call it ‘White Jeopardy,’” Doug says later in the sketch.

Conservatives were not impressed, with many commenting online that they were quick to switch the program off.

Former aide to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Link Lauren, seethed at the moment, claiming backlash against the MAGA movement is “racist is disgusting.”

“This show wonders why their ratings are in the gutter,” Lauren wrote. “Trump won the popular vote. This tired trope that MAGA is racist is disgusting. SNL is an unfunny show for snobbish liberal elites. The current Republican Party is a big tent coalition compromised of many former Democrats. Good riddance, SNL!”

The comment was met with similar criticism online from Trump fans, who also labeled the sketch “disgusting” and boasted that ratings for SNL were “in the toilet.”

Tom Hanks just came out on SNL in a MAGA hat for a bit where he acted like he didn’t want to shake a black man’s hand.

This show wonders why their ratings are in the gutter. Trump won the popular vote. This tired trope that MAGA is racist is disgusting. SNL is an unfunny show… pic.twitter.com/PlSc7gmiJ0

— Link Lauren (@itslinklauren) February 17, 2025

Another right-wing X influencer, Dominick McGee, dubbed dom_lucre, criticized Hanks, who he said “just disrespected every Republican on SNL as he was dressed up as a Trump supporter with a MAGA hat.”

It didn’t take @nbc long to insult Trump voters by putting Tom Hanks on with an all black cast acting dumb and racist in a MAGA hat. It was rather disgusting. What a tool. What a disgrace @nbcsnl to decide to exclude an audience of millions who grew up watching your programming. pic.twitter.com/uEmG4aEm0Y

— texanconstitutionalist (@texanconstitut1) February 17, 2025

Another wrote: “No one in the audience laughs as Tom Hanks appears on SNL as a racist Trump supporter that refuses to shake hands with a black man.”

Meanwhile a Trump fan account continued: “Tom Hanks and SNL thought it would be hilarious for him to put on a MAGA hat and act out a stereotype of half the country in a desperate attempt to cope with Democrats crushing defeat in November. Not surprising no one watches SNL or NBC anymore.”

Last modified: February 17, 2025