Amy Schumer calls Kanye a Nazi as she says she is honored to be hosting SNL before ’midterm abortions’

Comedian Amy Schumer made a brief, cutting reference to ‘Nazi’ Kanye West during her return to Saturday Night Live.

Schumer, 41, was hosting the long-running sketch show for the first time since 2018 and the third time overall, mocked West over his recent anti-Semitic rhetoric during her opening monologue.

The ‘Life and Beth’ star was talking to the crowd about how her husband was on the autism spectrum and how his condition used to be referred to as Asperger’s Syndrome.

Schumer then said: ‘It used to be called Asperger’s, but then they found out that Dr. Asperger had Nazi ties, Kanye…’

The ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ creator then appeared to riff as if she’d not meant to say that, tapping her microphone to see if anyone could hear her and intoning: ‘That’s weird.’

Schumer appeared to reference West and suspended Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving’s recent spate of anti-Semitic comments in the show’s closing, where she wore a baseball T-shirt that read: ‘<3 Jews.’

The long-time liberal comic referenced the upcoming elections as well, joking that she was hosting the final episode before the ‘midterm abortions’ before interrupting herself, saying: ‘What did I say? Sorry, I was thinking about what’s at stake if we don’t vote.’

She also discussed her life with her husband and son before moving on to starring in various sketches and introducing musical guest Steve Lacy.

The comments were the latest criticism of West, who has been under fire recently for comments he made last month that were deemed to be anti-Semitic.

The rapper wrote in a tweet: ‘I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE. The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also. You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.’