The SNL version of 'The Bachelor' is only slightly more ridiculous than the real thing

There have been a lot of cringe-worthy moments on The Bachelor with Pilot Pete and we’re only a month deep. The champagne exploding in Kelsey’s face was something else; Hannah B. returned, then left (wait, she’s back again?); Alayah did the same disappearing-reappearing act and let’s not forget the emotional support cow, Ashley P. who is too pure for this world—she's the eral one that got away.Saturday Night Live got in on the gag this weekend (as they tend to do once a season) with host JJ Watt. The NFLer got geared up in his wings to play "Pilot Hunk" to fawning bachelorettes, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Cecily Strong. Wait, are we sure that's not actually the real Pilot Pete—that resemblance is uncanny.“Hi I’m Pat,” he introduced himself. “And I make the plane hurry up. I’m a fly boy looking for my sky girl. Let’s Bachelor!” Un. Canny.“Mmmm, I like this,” said Cecily's character, as she sat down with the pilot hunk. And then Heidi Gardner's character said the same. As did Aidy's, Kate's, Melissa Villaseñor's... gosh, we’re sensing a theme here.

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As each bonkers bachelorette cut in with a "Can I steal him for a bit?" their chats became increasingly stranger, and yet, oddly familiar. All Pilot Hunk had to say was "tell me about yourself" before the ladies launched into an avalanche of verbal diarrhea. “Well I’m Hannah Bad,” Bryant said in an annoying nasal wail, “And I’m brutally fragile at home, so here it’s absolutely the wheels are coming off.” Dang, that satire cuts deep. These are pretty much the convos we’ve heard between pilot Pete and his house of ladies except, you know, stripped of all the dignity and self-preservation. Because despite whatever we may think about the choices of the Bach contestants, they're still people.These caricatures of the gals, however, had everyone coming clean about all the skeletons in their closets: one has a mouth like a literal vacuum hose; another has her conjoined twin on her back; this one just turned 30... and security promptly whisks her out the door. Perhaps the most astute lampoon came when McKinnon's character poked fun at the whole Victoria-dated-Chase-Rice fiasco from last week by admitting that she's dating most of the cameramen, half of the other bachelorettes, and makes more money than him—annnd is was the latter that got her booted from the mansion. Ouch.