--- title: Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Responded to SNL's Weezer Sketch description: "I'm actually crying," the Weezer frontman tweeted in response to the SNL skit canonical: https://time.com/5481414/snl-weezer/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-17T15:39:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:29.016Z og:title: Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Responded to SNL's Weezer Sketch og:description: "I'm actually crying," the Weezer frontman tweeted in response to the SNL skit og:url: https://time.com/5481414/snl-weezer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf72024efcac2c429/698941a54ee2624b4a3139eb/SNLWeezerSketch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Saturday Night Live - Season 44 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Responded to SNL's Weezer Sketch twitter:description: "I'm actually crying," the Weezer frontman tweeted in response to the SNL skit twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf72024efcac2c429/698941a54ee2624b4a3139eb/SNLWeezerSketch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Had a Hilarious Response to That _SNL_ Weezer Sketch > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 17, 2018 3:39 PM UTC  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Matt Damon" Episode 1755 -- Pictured: Host Matt Damon during the monologue in Studio 8H on Saturday, December 15, 2018 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photobank) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Matt Damon" Episode 1755 -- Pictured: Host Matt Damon during the monologue in Studio 8H on Saturday, December 15, 2018 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photobank) NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 17, 2018 3:39 PM UTC The midseason finale of _Saturday Night_ _Live,_ hosted by Matt Damon, featured an unlikely sketch about the rock band [Weezer](http://techland.time.com/2010/07/14/the-weezer-interview/). The sketch, which was aimed at a niche but [vocal audience](http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/10/07/man-raising-10-million-will-pay-weezer-to-disband/) of music lovers, featured Damon and Leslie Jones as characters you are likely to run into in the bar area of a music festival or amped up on pour-over coffee at a party, vehemently arguing about the arc of Weezer’s musical career and when, exactly, it started to suck. Damon’s character insisted Weezer’s latest new work, the forthcoming _Black Album_, was great, while Jones’ character argued that Weezer’s first two albums were the only good ones and everything went downhill after bassist Matt Sharp left the band. “Real Weezer fans know that they haven’t had a good [album](http://time.com/3476302/weezer-everything-will-be-alright-in-the-end-album-review/) since _Pinkerton_!” she said, causing music fans across the country to either start yelling at their TV or nodding in agreement. On Sunday morning, the band’s frontman [Rivers Cuomo](https://twitter.com/kaminosabredart/status/1074537615880282114) took to Twitter to respond to the sketch with a resounding, “AAGGGGHHHHHHH“ and a mildly NSFW tweet. [He wrote](https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/1074343761537249285), “THEY HAD A WHOLE A– SKIT ABOUT WEEZER AND ME ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AND IM ACTUALLY CRYING AAAGGGGHHHHHHH.” Cuomo wasn’t the only one to weigh in on Twitter, as the sketch seemed to come to life on the social media site as fan’s tweeted out their own opinions on Weezer’s discography. > [](https://twitter.com/imjasondiamond/status/1074329075911663616) > [](https://twitter.com/ReelTalker/status/1074353111484035073) > [](https://twitter.com/InstantAnxiety/status/1074431005698666496) > [](https://twitter.com/GiphyPop/status/1074177929876332544) > [](https://twitter.com/STEEEZUSCHRIST/status/1074333736433577985) > [](https://twitter.com/ASAPVick%5F/status/1074176934010126336) > [](https://twitter.com/kaminosabredart/status/1074537615880282114) Watch the sketch and decide which side of the Weezer debate you end up on: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5481414/snl-weezer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5481414/snl-weezer/"},"headline":"Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Had a Hilarious Response to That SNL Weezer Sketch","datePublished":"2018-12-17T15:39:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:29.016Z","description":"\"I'm actually crying,\" the Weezer frontman tweeted in response to the SNL skit","url":"https://time.com/5481414/snl-weezer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Music","Saturday Night Live"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf72024efcac2c429/698941a54ee2624b4a3139eb/SNLWeezerSketch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf72024efcac2c429/698941a54ee2624b4a3139eb/SNLWeezerSketch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Saturday Night Live - Season 44","caption":"Saturday Night Live - Season 44","creditText":"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5481414/snl-weezer/","name":"Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Had a Hilarious Response to That SNL Weezer Sketch"}}]}] ```