Julian Assange, Lori Loughlin, and Michael Avenatti compete to see who's the craziest in SNL cold open

NBC's Saturday Night Live took a little break from U.S. politics during the cold open on Saturday evening's episode.

Instead, the cast found themselves in a jail cell, where Kenan Thompson, Kyle Mooney, and Chris Redd portray three unnamed prisoners, who are the focus of an MSNBC prison show titled Locked Up. The latter two actors almost come to blows when comparing who committed the more intense crime before Thompson breaks them apart. But the tough guys are soon introduced to Kate McKinnon's Lori Loughlin, who floors the other inmates with tales of how she payed $500,000 to get her daughter into the University of Southern California.

But it's not long before McKinnon is one-upped, either. Pete Davidson appears as lawyer Michael Avenatti and easily captures the championship belt, which is then shortly taken by guest star Michael Keaton's gum-chewing Julian Assange. Watch the full sketch below. Tim O'Donnell

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