New Delhi, April 12 -- A fresh Saturday Night Live sketch has drawn attention for its pointed satire of Melania Trump, following her detailed public denial of any links to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The sketch, aired over the weekend, centred on an exaggerated version of former US president Donald Trump, portrayed by regular cast member James Austin Johnson, who is shown making a series of chaotic phone calls from the Oval Office.

The sequence quickly pivots to Melania, played by Chloe Fineman, who announces an impromptu press conference to deny any association with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein-an angle the show amplifies for comedic effect.

A parallel spoof in Saturday Night Live U.K. took a similar approach, incorpora...