Druski Portrays Elizabeth Holmes in SNL Parody

Druski appeared as Elizabeth Holmes in a Saturday Night Live parody of the documentary You Can See Everything during his hosting debut on November 7, drawing criticism from some online commenters over his repeated whiteface performances.

The sketch, titled Dru Can See Everything, imagined Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, visiting Druski for a psychic reading. Jane Wickline portrayed Holmes and Ben Marshall played Evans. Druski later transformed into Holmes, wearing a blond wig and makeup with a beige turtleneck, in a parody of the documentary about the Theranos founder.

During the episode’s opening monologue, Druski joked about rules for his appearance, including a restriction on whiteface. “Number two, no whiteface. I also cant promise that,” he said, according to the broadcast transcript. The joke anticipated his later transformation in the sketch.

Some commenters questioned why whiteface was acceptable and compared it with blackface. Their reactions were reproduced in online posts, but the reporting does not establish how widespread the criticism was. Blackface has a distinct history in the United States, rooted in minstrel performances that caricatured Black people;...