Jost said "Saturday Night Live" writers deemed the idea "too ridiculous" and Hegseth then did it "for real" just two weeks later. “ Saturday Night Live ” star Colin Jost revealed Thursday that the sketch show’s writers recently came up with a cold open idea involving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth , only to scrap it as “too ridiculous.” But then Hegseth, whom Jost has portrayed on the show, ended up doing almost the exact same thing “for real” just two weeks later, he told Jimmy Fallon on “The