

Harbour's character is shown to have an addiction to cocaine. Candidates are played by Bowen Yang, David Harbour, Heidi Gardner, and Kate McKinnon. The program's leader is played by Cecily Strong. Two co-workers (played by Ego Nwodim and Alex Moffat) are at SoulCycle. Two people (often Ego Nwodim and another cast member) work out at a fitness facility as multiple bizarre candidates audition to be instructors there (often including Bowen Yang, Heidi Gardner, Cecily Strong, others, and the host). to the anchors, while peppering his speech with modern American pop culture references and referring to himself as the "trade daddy". Chinese government official Chen Biao ( Bowen Yang) visits Weekend Update to discuss several facets of Sino-American relations including trade, the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 Winter Olympics and TikTok, flamboyantly lording China's influence over the U.S.
