--- title: 'SNL' Parodies 'This is Us' and 'The Bachelor' description: Sterling K. Brown from "This Is Us" hosted while parodying his show and Kate McKinnon played special counsel Robert Mueller as the Bachelor. canonical: https://time.com/5194750/snl-this-is-us-bachelor-trump-administration/ author: Alix Langone article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-11T14:43:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:17.277Z og:title: 'SNL' Channels 'This is Us' and 'The Bachelor' to Parody the Trump Administration og:description: Who will Robert Mueller give a rose to? og:url: https://time.com/5194750/snl-this-is-us-bachelor-trump-administration/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9adbc42441eb26ce/69892a73096a9481d56a1cbe/snl-this-is-us-the-bachelor-mueller.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: snl-this-is-us-the-bachelor-mueller.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'SNL' Channels 'This is Us' and 'The Bachelor' to Parody the Trump Administration twitter:description: Who will Robert Mueller give a rose to? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9adbc42441eb26ce/69892a73096a9481d56a1cbe/snl-this-is-us-the-bachelor-mueller.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _SNL_ Channels _This is Us_ and _The Bachelor_ to Parody the Trump Administration > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=7f4db478-cdd5-4de5-aab3-083d26d98a30&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1) by [Alix Langone](https://time.com/author/alix-langone/) ## Alix Langone Mar 11, 2018 2:43 PM UTC  Episode 1740 - Pictured: (l-r) Kate McKinnon as Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Cecily Strong as Contestant during "Bachelor Finale Cold Open" in Studio 8H on Saturday, March 10, 2018. Episode 1740 - Pictured: (l-r) Kate McKinnon as Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Cecily Strong as Contestant during "Bachelor Finale Cold Open" in Studio 8H on Saturday, March 10, 2018. Will Heath - NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Alix Langone](https://time.com/author/alix-langone/) ## Alix Langone Mar 11, 2018 2:43 PM UTC _Saturday Night Live_ took on the Trump administration once again this weekend, with _This is Us_ star [Sterling K. Brown](http://time.com/5136443/sterling-k-brown-twitter-chat-this-is-us-gifs/?iid=sr-link1) playing housing secretary Ben Carson and Kate McKinnon playing special counsel Robert Mueller as “the Bachelor.” The cold open parody of the _The Bachelor_ forces [Mueller](http://time.com/5192036/paul-manafort-gag-order-judge/?iid=sr-link2) to admit that he’s just not ready for a committed relationship: “I’m trying to be honest with you and tell you that I can’t commit to collusion right now,” McKinnon tells a devastated Cecily Strong, who plays Becca Kufrin — the contestant who real-life bachelor [Arie Luyendyk Jr.](http://time.com/5191728/the-bachelor-finale-arie-luyendyk-jr-banned-from-minnesota/?iid=sr-link1) proposed to and then broke off his engagement with. “But you indicted 13 Russians, like everything that happened in the Seychelles, that means nothing?” Strong as Kurin asks, clearly distraught. “No, no I mean the Seychelles were amazing,” McKinnon as Mueller says, trying to comfort her. “It’s definitely something, it’s just the more time that goes by, you know, the more that I keep thinking about obstruction.” “Collusion is the only thing I’ve been looking forward to for the past year,” sobs Strong. The audience is then treated to a fake commercial for _This Is U.S._, a parody of _This Is Us_, with Brown as Carson saying that he’s nervous to head up the Department of Housing and Urban Development. “Baby, I’m scared,” he says to his wife. “It’s OK, you’re going to make a great surgeon general,” she replies. “No, I run the the Department of Housing and Urban Development,” says Brown. “That’s hilarious!” his wife responds as she bursts out laughing. Pete Davidson played Jared Kushner and Aidy Bryant played the role of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in the parody. 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