Louis is never going to be everybody’s cup of tea, his humour usually skirting along the boundaries of what can be considered even half-decent taste.

That being said, he has become one of the world’s headline comedy acts over the past five years or so.

Given that he is on a whirlwind press tour to drum up interest around his new Netflix special – which included that Trump-bashing appearance on Stephen Colbert’s show HERE – it was only a matter of time until he hosted Saturday Night Live.

Hosting duties comes with delivering the opening monologue, and Vulture knows what’s up:

His opening monologue — clocking in at nearly ten minutes! — tackles everything you would expect from his stand-up routines these days, from animal bestiality to gross motels to some questionable chicken behavior [sic]. If you like Louis, you’ll enjoy this (and his new fondness for suits) immensely. If you don’t, that’s your prerogative.

Because Saturday Night Live doesn’t allow South Africans to view their official videos, someone else had to do it on the down-low:

As brutally honest as ever, I see.

[source:vulture]