{"id":658,"date":"2026-05-03T16:08:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/comedian-says-megan-thee-stallion-needs-a-real-man-after-klay-thompson-breakup-in-snl-sketch\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T16:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:08:28","slug":"comedian-says-megan-thee-stallion-needs-a-real-man-after-klay-thompson-breakup-in-snl-sketch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/comedian-says-megan-thee-stallion-needs-a-real-man-after-klay-thompson-breakup-in-snl-sketch\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian says Megan Thee Stallion needs a &#8216;real man&#8217; after Klay Thompson breakup in &#8216;SNL&#8217; sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/126913508.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d star Kam Patterson jokingly called out NBA player Klay Thompson for<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/25\/celebrity-news\/megan-thee-stallion-accuses-klay-thompson-of-cheating-publicly-ends-their-relationship\/\"> allegedly cheating<\/a> on Megan Thee Stallion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho even is this guy?\u201d the comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j3dWH0KDKRM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quipped on the \u201cWeekend Update\u201d segment<\/a>, before co-host Michael Che chimed in to say Patterson was a \u201cworld-famous pro basketball player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait a minute, there\u2019s a WNBA for men? What would you even call that? The MNBA? \u2026 To me, he\u2019s not Klay, he\u2019s dirt,\u201d Patterson added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d comedian jokingly called out Klay Thompson for allegedly cheating on Megan Thee Stallion. (Seen here: Megan and Thompson in NYC on July 16, 2025.) <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kam Patterson (seen above) pretended not to know the athlete during the \u201cWeekend Update.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">SNL<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhat Meg Thee Stallion needs is a real man,\u201d the 27-year-old added, as Che, 42, responded, \u201cWhat else makes a real man?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Playfully describing himself, Patterson stated that a \u201creal man\u201d is \u201cprobably employed in a thriving industry,\u201d such as \u201centertainment\u201d and working on a \u201csketch television show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he\u2019s not in many sketches,\u201d Patterson added, referring to his current debut \u201cSNL\u201d season. \u201cBut he\u2019s doing OK. Some say he\u2019s finding his voice more every week.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cWho even is this guy?\u201d he said. \u201cTo me, he\u2019s not Klay, he\u2019s dirt.\u201d (Pictured: Patterson on \u201cSNL.\u201d) <span class=\"credit\">SNL<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWhat Meg Thee Stallion needs is a real man,\u201d Patterson continued. (Seen here: Megan at a Dallas Mavericks game in January.) <span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The audience cheered, and Che told them not to \u201cencourage\u201d Patterson\u2019s remarks, adding, \u201cThat\u2019s just you, Kam.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess that does kind of sound like me,\u201d Patterson continued, before jokingly insisting that he didn\u2019t know who Thompson, \u201ca four-time NBA champion and second greatest shooter of all time,\u201d was.<\/p>\n<p>Patterson admitted to wanting to date Megan, saying, \u201cMegan, if you\u2019re watching, let me talk to you direct.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Patterson jokingly called for Megan (seen here posing with her car) to date him. <span class=\"credit\">Megan Thee Stallion\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Last weekend, Megan (seen above with the NBA star in NYC on July 16) told Page Six that she and Thompson had split. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He then leaned forward as seductive music played in the background, telling the camera, \u201cAm I the man you want? Probably not. But am I the man you need? Also no. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you\u2019ve already had the best baby, so why not try the rest?\u201d Patterson questioned, before showing several alleged DMs he has sent to the hitmaker.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Megan (seen here on a yacht) told Page Six in a statement that \u201cfidelity and respect are non-negotiable[s]\u201d in a relationship. <span class=\"credit\">theestallion\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The exes (seen above in NYC on July 14) were dating for nearly one year. <span class=\"credit\">BlayzenPhotos \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That same day, the \u201cMamushi\u201d emcee broke down in tears while closing out her \u201cMoulin Rouge! The Musical\u201d Broadway show. A few days later, Megan <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/27\/celebrity-news\/megan-thee-stallion-makes-shocking-career-move-following-klay-thompson-split\/\">announced she was exiting the show<\/a> more than two weeks earlier than her original end date.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson has yet to address the allegations against him. However, sports analyst Stephen A. Smith\u00a0recently <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/28\/celebrity-news\/stephen-a-smith-slams-megan-thee-stallion-over-klay-thompson-cheating-allegations\/\">defended the athlete<\/a>, saying Thompson didn\u2019t deserve for his business to be publicly aired.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/03\/celebrity-news\/comedian-says-megan-thee-stallion-needs-a-real-man-after-klay-thompson-breakup-in-snl-sketch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d star Kam Patterson jokingly called out NBA player Klay Thompson for allegedly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/126913508.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}