The World Cup reached the quarterfinals over the weekend, and what Colin Jost had to say about it earned some boos from the Saturday Night Live audience.
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During the show's "Weekend Update" segment, Colin congratulated Morocco on their victory over Portugal in the quarterfinals.
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Morocco's win made history as they became the only African nation ever to advance to the semifinal stage in the World Cup.
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But what Colin said during the segment next had the audience groaning.
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"As you guys saw today, Morocco beat Portugal in the quarterfinals of the World Cup," he said. "It is, uh, the best World Cup performance by a team of Africans since the unpaid workers who built the stadiums."
But despite the audience's negative reaction to the joke, Colin was actually kind of right.
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Last year, the Guardian reported that more than 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since it won the right to host the World Cup 10 years ago.
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Which means that there were even more workers on site building World Cup–related projects over the past decade.
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World Cup laborers have hailed from around the world, including Africa, although the migrant workers in the report were from India, Nepal, Pakistan, and other South Asian countries.
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So while the audience may not have totally agreed with Colin's joke, he did actually make a pretty good point.
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