“How could you not be excited about that?”

When NBC announced last month that Elon Musk would host “Saturday Night Live” this week, people’s reactions were mixed, including the cast.

During an appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” Pete Davidson said he doesn’t understand why people are “going crazy.”

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“They’re like, ‘Oh, I can’t believe Elon Musk is hosting!’” Davidson said. “And I say, ‘The man who makes the earth better and does great things and sends people to Mars?’”

Davidson also said he had dinner with Musk and “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels later that night.

“I’m really excited, man,” he said. “I’m going to ask him, like, a Tesla or some shit.”

Similarly, Michael Che expressed his support for Musk during “Late Night” earlier this week.

“That’s going to be interesting, too,” Che told Meyers. “He’s the richest man in the world, how could you not be excited about that?”

While appearing virtually on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ on Wednesday, Che said: ‘The show is 46 years old and people still care who’s booked. I think it’s some kind of drug.”

“We were all on board for it until we found out, like, did you know he’s rich?” Che joked. “Now I’m kind of against it.”

Che also responded to criticism of Musk in an interview with The Breakfast Club on Tuesday. When Charlamagne tha God asked the comedian why there was so much backlash, Che joked, “I think white people don’t like billionaires for some reason.”

“It’s strange because we love our billionaires,” Che said. “If Oprah or Tyler Perry came, we’d all be excited about it. I think it’s a bit embarrassing when they realize how much wealth they actually have.”

When asked if he thought the comedy was too sensitive, Che said he likes that it’s sensitive because it makes the comedic risk-taking more impactful, and he’s glad “SNL” still has an edge.

“(Musk) is a polarizing guy,” Che said. “But that’s what makes the show interesting.”

On May 1, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO tweeted: “Throwing out some script ideas for SNL. What should I do?” Musk continued with ideas like “Baby Shark Tank,” “Irony Man,” and “Woke James Bond.”

When Charlamagne asked Che, a head writer on “SNL,” if he was offended by Musk’s tweet, Che said, “No man, I think it’s great. I hope they do some of them. It makes my job easier.”

Although not everyone on the “SNL” cast seems excited for the next host.

When Musk tweeted, “Let’s find out how live Saturday Night Live really is” in April, “SNL’s” Bowen Yang took issue with his comment on Instagram, writing, “What the hell does that mean?”

In a more subtle jab, Aidy Bryant retweeted Sen. Bernie Sanders, calling it a “moral obscenity” that “the 50 richest people in America today own more wealth than the bottom half of our people.”

Both Yang’s and Bryant’s posts have since been deleted.

In response to Musk’s tweet about offering “skit” ideas, “SNL’s” Chris Redd said, “First I would call them sketches.”

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