Sabrina Carpenter‘s Saturday Night time Reside internet hosting debut kicked off with a enjoyable callback to none aside from the viral Domingo skit — with a contemporary pop twist.
The “Manchild” singer returned to the late evening present on Saturday, the place she doubled up because the evening’s host and musical visitor. The chilly open kicked off with one other homecoming of Chloe Fineman‘s Kelsey character and her group of finest mates, together with Carpenter.
True to the unique skit, Kelsey’s woman squad recounted their Nashville evening out in entrance of her husband Matt (Andrew Dismukes) in full tune type, set to the tune of a number of the hottest fashionable tracks. They recalled their festivities by singing alongside to the backtrack of Taylor Swift’s “The Destiny of Ophelia” and Woman Gaga’s “Abracadabra,” earlier than Marcello Hernández‘s beloved Domingo character made his grand entrance (and return) to profess his like to Fineman’s Kelsey, set to Alex Warren’s observe “Strange.”
The unique Domingo skit immediately went viral, initially that includes Carpenter’s “Espresso” as Kelsey’s bridesmaids confessed that she had cheated on her husband-to-be with Domingo. The Grammy winner wasn’t truly featured within the unique bit, although fellow pop star Ariana Grande was. (Carpenter did star within the SNL 50 Domingo sequel, although.)
Later in Carpenter’s opening monologue, she flippantly addressed the controversy surrounding the duvet artwork for her newest album, Man’s Finest Buddy. Pointing again to her final look on the present throughout SNL 50, she famous that “since then, my new album Man’s Finest Buddy got here out, which I’m so enthusiastic about. However some folks bought a little bit freaked out by the duvet.”
“I’m undecided why. It was simply this: me on all fours with an unseen determine pulling my hair. However what folks don’t understand is, that’s simply how they cropped it. In the event you zoom out, it’s clearly an image from the fiftieth anniversary particular of Bowen serving to me up by the hair,” she mentioned, because the shot of the album cowl zoomed out, persevering with, “After Martin Brief shoved me out of the buffet line.”
The “Mattress Chem” singer used the remainder of her monologue to “clear up some misconceptions folks have about me,” joking that “everybody thinks of me as this horndog pop star, however there’s actually a lot extra to me.”
“I’m not simply sexy, I’m additionally turned on, and I’m sexually charged. And I like to learn. My favourite ebook is the encyclopedia. It’s so large and it’s exhausting…” she mentioned, earlier than persevering with, “There’s a actual particular person beneath all of the sparkles and the wigs and the corsets, and one other factor you may not learn about me is that I like to work together with the viewers throughout my present, so I’d like to try this proper now.”
She went on to the touch base with a couple of viewers members earlier than returning to the stage, the place she continued one other certainly one of her live performance traditions: “The final enjoyable factor I love to do at my live shows is arrest somebody for being sizzling. So, who right here can I arrest tonight?”
Kenan Thompson then hit the stage, the place he joked that he was arresting the singer “for falsely impersonating an officer 200 instances at your live shows. And also you’re arresting harmless sizzling folks.”
Saturday evening marked Carpenter’s first SNL internet hosting gig, whereas it was the second time she served because the evening’s musical visitor. She, too, notably carried out a rendition of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Sure” alongside Paul Simon on the fiftieth anniversary particular.
Forward of the present, Bowen Yang took to his Instagram Tales to notice that he was lacking the taping. The Depraved star skipped episode three to attend the 2025 Academy Museum Gala, the place he was honored with the Vantage Award.
The “Espresso” singer served because the third general host of season 51, following within the footsteps of Unhealthy Bunny and Amy Poehler. Earlier this week, the subsequent wave of SNL friends had been introduced. Miles Teller will host on Nov. 1, whereas Nikki Glaser and Glen Powell are set to make their internet hosting debuts on the Nov. 8 and Nov. 15 reveals, respectively.
Final Saturday’s present was filled with star-studded cameos, as former solid member Poehler introduced again fellow SNL alumni Tina Fey and Seth Meyers all through the episode. Fey additionally made a cameo to impersonate Kristi Noem within the chilly open, whereas Poehler portrayed Pam Bondi.