Mike Myers has revived his Dr Evil character for a Saturday Night Live sketch as Elon Musk.
The Austin Powers actor has been portraying the billionaire on the sketch show recently – last week playing Musk holding a chainsaw in a spoof of the tense White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In this weekend’s (March 8) episode hosted by Lady Gaga, Myers returned in a cold open sketch taking aim at reports of behind-the-scenes tensions between Musk and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
In the skit, James Austin Johnson’s Trump tries to mediate tensions between the two, as fans are also given a comic insight into their inner thoughts.
In one moment, Rubio (Marcello Hernandez) looks on in despair as Trump decides he wants Thailand after watching The White Lotus, all while the Curb Your Enthusiam theme plays, while when Rubio talks, Trump’s inner thoughts declare: “So boring, this guy can’t stop talking. Who the hell does he think he is, Adrien Brody?” in reference to the actor’s recent Oscar speech.
Trump then brings in Myers’s Musk, who proceeds to childishly mock Rubio before we get his inner thoughts.
“Phase one of my plan is complete: ingratiate yourself to the President and take over the media. But was taking this job a bad idea?” he wonders. “A lot of people seem to really hate me.
“My Tesla stock is crashing and my personal net worth just dropped by $100billion dollars,” he adds, as he puts his pinky finger up to his mouth in the style of his Austin Powers character Dr Evil.
Mike Myers playing Elon Musk on SNL and then busting out a CANADA IS NOT FOR SALE SHIRT at the end of the show is exactly the energy we need right now. 🤛❤️🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/YE0kb7PuC0
— Catherine McKenna (@cathmckenna) March 2, 2025
At the end of last week’s episode, Myers wore a T-shirt declaring: “Canada is not for sale,” which comes after accusations that Musk is undermining the country’s sovereignty and national interest. Many have been left concerned with his association with Trump, who has proposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports and called for annexing the country as the 51st state.
Over 250,000 Canadian citizens have signed a parliamentary petition urging the government to revoke Musk’s citizenship and passport.
Meanwhile, an anti-Musk poster recently went viral in London, which urged people not to buy one of his company Tesla’s “Swasticars”.
Elsewhere, Musk’s former partner Grimes has implored people to stop sharing images of her four-year-old son with Musk after he was included in a recent White House meeting.