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'SNL:' Ramy Youssef extols virtues of Ozempic during Ramadan fasting

Ramy Youssef guest hosted this weekend's edition of "Saturday Night Live." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Ramy Youssef guest hosted this weekend's edition of "Saturday Night Live." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

March 31 (UPI) -- Comedian Ramy Youssef extolled the virtues of the diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic during fasting for the Muslim religious holiday Ramadan in a new video for Saturday Night Live.

The faux commercial aired during this weekend's episode of the sketch-comedy show when Yousef served as guest host.

"I used to rush to eat a whole meal before dawn, but now I just grab my prayer beads and my Ozempic needle. As long as I shoot up before the sun rises, it's halal," Youssef said, going to the refrigerator in a dark kitchen, taking out the needle and injecting it into his stomach.

Ego Nwodim also appears in the 2-minute clip as a woman wearing a head scarf in an office.

"Since my doctor prescribed Ozempic for Ramadan, I've never gotten more work done," she said. "While my co-workers are at lunch, I'm on Google sheets going ham -- no haram."

Ego Nwodim arrives on the red carpet at the "Men In Black International" world premiere in 2019 in New York City. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Ego Nwodim arrives on the red carpet at the "Men In Black International" world premiere in 2019 in New York City. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

A street food merchant played by Kenan Thompson said he doesn't get "hangry, even when White women ask me if I have salmon," thanks to Ozempic.

While talking about his food's delicious smells, he stabbed himself in the chest with the appetite suppressant needle.

Kenan Thompson and wife Christina Evangeline attend the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles in 2018. File Photo by Gregg DeGuire/UPI
Kenan Thompson and wife Christina Evangeline attend the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles in 2018. File Photo by Gregg DeGuire/UPI

Rapper Travis Scott provided the musical entertainment for the episode.

Travis Scott arrives at the "The Idol" red carpet during the Cannes Film Festival in 2023. File Photo by Rocco Spaziani/UPI
Travis Scott arrives at the "The Idol" red carpet during the Cannes Film Festival in 2023. File Photo by Rocco Spaziani/UPI