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Matt Damon Is A Sniffing, Shouting Brett Kavanaugh On 'SNL' Season Premiere

"I'm not backing down," says Matt Damon, in character as an angry Brett Kavanaugh during the Senate hearing over the sexual assault allegations. "I don't know the meaning of the word stop."
Matt Damon played Brett Kavanaugh on the 44th season opener of <em>Saturday Night Live.</em>

Saturday Night Live kicked off its 44th season in a sketch many of us expected in some form or another: a send-up of the emotionally charged hearings into the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

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