BALTIMORE — “Saturday Night Live” cast regular Ego Nwodim knows how to get the laughs that keep an audience going, but the crowd at this weekend’s show went a little too bleeping far.

During the popular “Weekend Update” news show segment, Nwodim said organizers of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner should hire her as host, promising that she would roast everything but the politics.

Colin Jost introduced the soon-to-be iconic sketch: “Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the baddest chick on the block.”

Nwodim, a Baltimore County native, proceeded to give a hilarious standup, showing what her alter-ego — Miss Eggy — would bring to the performance, mostly poking fun of food and engaging in a call-and-response.

“This Miss Eggy. And Miss Eggy don’t what?” she asked, holding her microphone out to the audience. “PLAY!” came the response.

But she also veered into romance, dinging men, dating and in particular U.S. Sen. Cory Booker’s recent filabuster: “I’ve had my fill of busters!”

Nwodim then asked the crowd: “Cause these men ain’t what?”

The audience, eager to please Miss Eggy, shouted a swear.

Both Jost and his co-star Michael Che lost composure, dissolving into laughter. A stunned Nwodim paused but then quickly recovered, quipping: “We gonna get fined for that.” And “Lorne (Michaels) gonna be mad at y’all.”

Caught off guard, NBC’s network censors let the expletive slip through on the broadcast for the East Coast but for later viewers removed the curse word from the show as well as from social media clips.

The Federal Communications Commission prohibits the use of obscene, indecent and profane language on TV.

“Broadcasting obscene content is prohibited by law at all times of the day. Indecent and profane content are prohibited on broadcast TV and radio between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., when there is a reasonable risk that children may be in the audience,” according to the FCC’s consumer guide.

“SNL” airs at 11:30 p.m., and this sketch, in particular, aired after midnight. But considering how often the weekly show targets the White House and President Donald Trump, the network might prefer to avoid any controversy.

The FCC typically investigates based on complaints submitted by viewers. For example, when former Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on the show before the 2024 election, there were dozens of complaints.

But longtime “SNL” watchers — the show recently celebrated its 50th year — are often delighted by surprises. Even the bleeping bad ones.

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