Top WNBA prospect Caitlin Clark made an appearance on "Saturday Night Live" during the "Weekend Update" segment where she "roasted" co-host Michael Che. Clark appeared at the Weekend Update desk smiling to “thunderous applause and cheers” after Che made a joke about the Univ. of Iowa “retiring her jersey for an apron." Clark said, “You make a lot of jokes about women’s sports, don’t you, Michael?” Che responded that he “wouldn’t classify them as ‘a lot’ but that they’re not ‘irregular.’" In response to the “many jabs Che has thrown at women’s basketball,” Clark showed up with a “collection of jokes, all her own, that Che would then read.” Che, with a "smirk and hesitation, delivered, with Clark smiling nearby," Che: “The Indiana Fever have the first pick in this Monday’s draft. A reminder that the Indiana Fever is a WNBA team, and not what Michael Che gave to dozens of women at Purdue University” (VARIETY, 4/13).
Clark returned to the "SNL" stage for the goodbyes given by host Ryan Gosling, but she "wasn't alone: Iowa teammates Jada Gyamfi, Gabbie Marshall and Kate Martin also joined her" (USA TODAY, 4/14).
