Colin Jost's Wild Run-In With Robert Kraft On The Set Of SNL

For most NFL fans, it's no secret that Patriots owner Robert Kraft has been embroiled in some pretty serious scandals over the years, most notably in 2019 when he was charged with soliciting a prostitute (via Vanity Fair). Yet, back in 2015, there was only one Patriots scandal that anyone could talk about: "Deflategate," which alleged that then-Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had intentionally deflated footballs that were used during the 2014 AFC Championship game.

During an AMA on Reddit, "Weekend Update" host Colin Jost revealed that perhaps the wildest behind-the-scenes moment of his career occurred when he was moments away from delivering a "Deflategate" joke on "SNL," and he encountered Kraft. "[I] was walking out to do Weekend Update and my first joke was about the Patriots and Deflategate and the one person I passed walking to the desk was Robert Kraft. He was just hanging out and watching the show in our studio. I was like, "Hey ... Ear muffs?"

One can only imagine how mortified Jost must have been before he got up onto the stage, considering the fact that one of the biggest names in football was on hand while he was ripping into his team. Although we don't know for certain what occurred after this exchange, Jost hopefully took a different route backstage after that "Weekend Update" — one that didn't include a second brush with the NFL owner whose team he had just insulted.