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De Niro and Stiller reunite on SNL as Cohen and Mueller

Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller have reunited in Saturday Night Live, playing special counsel Robert Mueller and Trump attorney Michael Cohen respectively.

(l-r) Robert De Niro as Attorney Robert Muller, Ben Stiller as Attorney Michael Cohen during The Cold Open in Studio 8H on Saturday, April 14, 2018
(l-r) Robert De Niro as Attorney Robert Muller, Ben Stiller as Attorney Michael Cohen during The Cold Open in Studio 8H on Saturday, April 14, 2018 Source: Getty Images

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Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller have reunited in this week's Saturday Night Live cold open, with De Niro playing Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Stiller playing Trump attorney Michael Cohen.

The two "Meet the Parents" stars paid homage to the iconic lie detector scene from the film, with Mueller grilling Cohen about his work for President Trump.

They also called back to the question of whether or not you can milk a cat. Cohen accused Mueller and his team of bias, which Mueller refuted by saying they use codenames for the President and his family to prevent emotion from coming into it.

Trump's codename apparently used to be "Putin's little b--h," but is now "Stormy's little b--h." Ivanka'a codename is "Girlfriend," while Erik and Donald Jr. are "Two Fredos." Cohen is now known as "Dead Man Walking."

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Earlier in the cold open, Cohen lamented to Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Kate McKinnon) and Vice President Mike Pence (Beck Bennett) that he had all kinds evidence on Trump seized in a recent FBI raid. "I got a whole hard drive that's just labeled 'Yikes,'" he said.

In this week's "Weekend Update," McKinnon also suited up as embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham.

"So good to be back after that planned vacation," Ingraham said.

"It was so fun and so planned and so scheduled a long time ago."

Ingraham also touted her remaining sponsors in light of the recent wave of advertiser exits, including "Carl's Sr., Carl's Jr. food ground to mush for seniors."

Thompson also brought back his LaVar Ball impression, keeping Michael Che in stitches throughout.


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