Kim Kardashian revealed she had been talking to now-boyfriend Pete Davidson before making her “Saturday Night Live” debut.
During the premiere episode of Hulu’s “The Kardashians,” the reality star agrees to host the sketch comedy series and decides to text the comedian for advice because they had met and bonded at the Met Gala in September 2021.
“I ran into Pete Davidson at the Met and I was like, ‘I am so scared. I don’t know what I signed up for,’” she recalls of their chat. “And he’s like, ‘Can you read cue cards? You’re good. You’re good.’”
Kardashian, 41, ultimately hosted the NBC show on Oct. 9 and appeared in a skit with Davidson, 28, in which he played Aladdin and she was his character’s love interest, Jasmine.
In the sketch, the pair kissed, which the Skims founder recently admitted on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was their first smooch. Davidson would go on to gift his now-girlfriend with their costumes and the magic carpet from the episode for Valentine’s Day.
The now-couple ended up sharing their first kiss during the “SNL” episode.BACKGRID
The hot-and-heavy couple used the red carpet premiere of “The Kardashians” as their first official public appearance, but while they attended to soiree together, Kardashian posed for photos solo. Paparazzi did, however, snap them holding hands as they arrived and made their way inside.
The former “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star previously revealed to Variety that the new series would explore her and Davidson’s relationship, though he will not appear on camera in the first season.
Davidson ended up calming Kardashian’s nerves before her debut.kimkardashian/Instagram
“I have not filmed with him, and I’m not opposed to it,” Kardashian, who shares four children with ex-husband Kanye West, said when asked whether Davidson will appear. “It’s just not what he does. But if there was an event happening and he was there, he wouldn’t tell the cameras to get away.
“I think I might film something really exciting coming, but it wouldn’t be for this season,” she added.
“Saturday Night Live” paid tribute to future Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in a cold open that had her visiting the ghosts of historical figures in the Oval Office.
Jackson, played by Ego Nwodim was greeted by James Austin Johnson’s President Joe Biden, who she teased about not being able to pronounce her name.
“Bet you can’t say that three times fast,” Nwodim said.
“I’m shocked I was able to say it one time slow,” Johnson admitted, before bragging about fulfilling his campaign promise to place a black woman on the nation’s highest court.
“One campaign promise down, 74 more to go,” the fake Biden cracked.
“I was happy to do my part. Work twice as hard as white man all my life, then spend a week listening to Ted Cruz call me a pedophile,” the new justice said of her contentious confirmation hearings.
Biden then left Jackson in his office to commune with the spirits of Americans that paved the way for her historic confirmation.
Kate McKinnon’s Ruth Bader Ginsberg delivered one of her trademark “Gins-burns” about Cruz. Kenan Thompson’s Thurgood Marshall and Punkie Johnson’s Harriet Tubman offered their best wishes while Chris Redd’s Jackie Robinson was shocked to hear that even “bad” modern baseball players are millionaires.
Jake Gyllenhaal last hosted “Saturday Night Live” in 2007.YouTube/Saturday Night Live
After the opening, host Jake Gyllenhaal, 41, lamented that he hadn’t hosted the NBC show since 2007, when he was promoting “Brokeback Mountain,” and was worried that he forgot how to do it.
“That was like 400 Marvel movies ago,” he cracked.
His nerves quickly gave way to confidence as he launched into a soaring rendition of “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” by Celine Dion.
Jake Gyllenhaal poked fun at his 2007 monologue, in which he dressed in drag and sang a rendition of “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from “Dreamgirls.”YouTube/ Saturday Night Live
Kenan Thompson hosted a game show called “Why’d You Like It,” where contestants were put on the spot to reveal the true nature of why they liked specific Instagram posts.
Under interrogation, Gyllenhaal eventually spilled the beans about why he double tapped a thirst trap photo of an attractive woman in a bikini.
“I guess some part of me thought that if I liked it she would see that I liked it and then she would follow me back and then we’d DM and then maybe at some point, I don’t know, she’d want to have sex with me,” Gyllenhaal admitted.
“Just to be clear your girlfriend is here tonight,” Thompson said.
“You are a stupid man,” Nwodim, playing his girlfriend, angrily chided.
In a pre-taped sketch, Gyllenhaal and Mikey Day played reality show renovators that were forced to alter their plans for Heidi Gardner’s dream house to please the overbearing religious mother of her “quiet milquetoast husband Pat — who is deeply uncomfortable on camera,” feebly played by Austin Johnson.
Mikey Day and Jake Gyllenhaal spoofed HGTV with “Dream Home Cousins.”YouTube/Saturday Night Live
Gyllenhaal broke into song again in two consecutive skits — first as part a middle aged cabaret group that sung about their mundane accomplishments in a tune called “That’s Enough For Me,” and then as part of an ensemble of flowers that didn’t appreciate being pollinated and choked by horny bees and weeds.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Cecily Strong, Kate McKinnon, and Bowen Yang perform in “Cabaret Night.”YouTube/Saturday Night Live
“It looks like you’re having sex with his head,” Melissa Villaseñor said to Bowen Yang’s busy bumble bee.
“I basically squeeze a load of goop out of my butt then people eat it,” he explained. “Pretty kinky right?”
Next, Gyllenhaal played a corporate human resources manager tasked with mediating a violent dispute between catty coworkers Chloe Fineman, Villaseñor, Nwodim and a pint size “Chucky,” played by Sarah Sherman.
“Weekend Update” took aim at the week’s political events in a series of “news” stories delivered by Colin Jost and Michael Che.
Jost noted that at least 50 high-ranking Washington DC officials came down with COVID-19 after attending an elite dinner party.
“The problem was a lot of people took off their masks during the post-dinner orgy,” he cracked as an over-the-shoulder graphic showed a scene from “Eyes Wide Shut.”
The fox that was attacking lawmakers and journalists at the US Capitol “contracted rabies when it was bitten by Marjorie Taylor Greene,” he joked.
Che noted that former President Donald Trump said he would have stormed the building on Jan. 6 last year but he was prevented from attending the riot by the Secret Service.
“Also keeping him from storming the capitol, steps. Too many steps,” Che quipped to a picture of the Capitol’s grand entrance.
The comics, who hosted the Emmys in 2018, joked that forcing Will Smith to host the Oscars next year would be a better punishment than banning him from the four-hour ceremony.
Gyllenhaal then retook center stage, portraying a sickly Doc Holiday who was no longer quick on the draw in a spoof of “Wyatt Earp,” and a man in couple’s counseling whose therapist had her own relationship issues.
“Bitch I told you not call me while I’m working,” Punkie Johnson’s shrink yelled at her jilted lover. “Oh really, you gonna shoot me?! I’d like to see you try! It’s on sight!”
Gyllenhaal flexed his vocal chords yet again to round out the show with an infomercial about trucker songs that tackled topics like urination, masturbation and hitchhikers.
“Don’t go forgetting which cup is a drink and which cup is full of piss,” the actor sang as he steered his big rig.
Cuban native Camila Cabello delivered energetic performances of her pop songs “Bam Bam” and “psychofreak” on relatively sparse sets.
Kim Kardashian revealed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wednesday that boyfriend Pete Davidson gifted her the costumes from their “Aladdin”-themed skit on “Saturday Night Live” for Valentine’s Day.
“What became of this rug? Do you have this now? It seems like you should,” Kimmel asked the Skims founder, referring to the magic carpet on which the pair sat when they had their very first kiss.
“Actually, for Valentine’s Day, he got me the rug and the whole outfits and the little genie lamp,” Kardashian answered. “So I do own the rug.”
Kimmel, 54, then informed Kardashian, 41, that his team “had to carry in a huge bouquet of flowers that Pete sent here” in honor of the family’s late-night appearance. Kris Jenner, Khloé Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall Jenner were also on the show.
“Does that make the other boyfriends look bad?” he quipped.
Sources previously told Page Six that Davidson, 28, spent the romantic holiday with the KKW Beauty founder in New York, where he rented out the top of the Carlyle Hotel for his lady and filled the luxurious space with flowers and gifts.
The pair shared their very first kiss during the “Aladdin”-themed skit.NBC
The Kardashian-Jenners’ appearance came after ABC aired the family’s sit-down interview with Robin Roberts during which Kim said she is “very happy” with her comedian beau.
“I mean, I am a relationship kind of girl, for sure. I wouldn’t be with someone if I didn’t plan on spending a lot of my time with them,” she explained.
“Obviously I wanna take my time, but I’m very happy and very content and it’s such a good feeling just to be at peace.”
Kim started dating Davidson after hosting “SNL” in October 2021. She is in the midst of a divorce from Kanye West, with whom she shares four children.
Tired of sitting through Tinseltown’s latest interminable monstrosity? Not to worry: Netflix has devised a novel way to appease viewers with fleeting attention spans — by rolling out a “Short-Ass Movies” category featuring films that are 90 minutes or less.
They were inspired by last week’s “Saturday Night Live” sketch, appropriately titled “Short-Ass Movies.” In it, Pete Davidson, Chris Redd, musical guest Gunna and actor Simon Rex rap about not wanting to watch movies longer than an hour and a half.
“I heard ‘The Batman’ was great, so I went to a theater and saw it,” rapped Davidson, 28, referring to Matt Reeves’ nearly 3-hour-long superhero epic. “I pissed my pants twice; that s–t was longer than ‘The Hobbit.’”
“Gimme that short-ass movie, a 90-minute movie,” the comedian continued, before rattling off the names of films with 90-minute run times, from “Evil Dead” to “Eraserhead.”
“I heard ‘The Batman’ was great, so I went to a theater and saw it,” rapped Davidson, referring to Matt Reeves’ nearly 3-hour-long superhero epic. Saturday Night LiveAmong the “short-ass” titles offered by Netflix: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Movie,” “Stand By Me,” the original “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Zoolander.”Saturday Night Live
The Netflix Is A Joke official Twitter account even retweeted a clip of the satirical hip-hop number with the caption: “good idea.” They also included a link to their “short-ass” movie section.
And, no, it’s not a belated April Fool’s gag: Viewers who click on the URL will be redirected to a selection of flicks that last approximately 90 minutes. The “short-ass” titles include “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Movie,” “Stand By Me,” the original “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Zoolander.”
Blockbuster-beleaguered Netflix fans appeared to be on board with the decision, with one tweeting, “I’m all about that.”
“Saturday Night Live” lampooned the protracted run times of many modern movies.Saturday Night Live“Bambi” is among the titles whose run times hover around the acceptable 90-minute mark.Saturday Night Live
“Netflix this is why we love you even tho you keep increasing your prices,” quipped another in reference to the streaming giant recently raising its subscription costs in the US and Canada.
Davidson rues today’s array of hours-long blockbusters. Saturday Night LivePete Davidson is on the lookout for shorter flicks.Saturday Night Live
“Saturday Night Live” took shots at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni Thomas over reports that Ginni exchanged text messages with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pushing him to overturn the 2020 election results.
Clarence Thomas, played by “SNL” veteran Kenan Thompson, and Ginni Thomas, played by Kate McKinnon, appear as guests on the “Fox and Friends” morning news show.
The hosts ask Ginni Thomas her reaction to the left “losing their minds over a couple of completely normal texts” that she allegedly sent to Meadows.
“I don’t want any trouble. I take my duty as the Yoko Ono of the Supreme Court very seriously. All I want is a tidal wave of biblical vengeance to wash away the Biden crime family all the way to Gitmo and then and then we Release the Kraken,” she answers, referencing a phrase associated with conspiracy theories around the 2020 election.
“SNL” veterans Kenan Thompson and Kate McKinnon played the couple.YouTube/Saturday Night LiveThe cold open mocked “Fox and Friends.”YouTube/Saturday Night Live
When the hosts ask Thomas if he talks to his wife about this, he just chuckles and says “Some say yes, some say no.”
Ginni Thomas allegedly exchanged 29 texts with Meadows in the weeks after Donald Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden, the Washington Post and CBS News reported two weeks ago.
“Help This Great President stand firm, Mark!!!” Thomas wrote in Nov. 10, 2020, message after most media outlets confirmed a Biden victory for presidency, according to the Post.
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sits with wife Virginia “Ginni” Thomas at the Heritage Foundation on Oct. 21, 2021.Getty Images
“You are the leader, with him, who is standing for America’s constitutional governance at the precipice. The majority knows Biden and the Left is attempting the greatest Heist of our History.”
Thomas never mentions her husband or the Supreme Court in the texts, which were among the more than 2,300 turned over by Meadows to the House select committee investigating the riot.
The messages did allegedly include her referencing “The Biden crime family” and pushing Meadows not to concede Biden’s victory. A final message sent four days after Jan. 6 bemoaning what Thomas calls “the end of Liberty.”
“Saturday Night Live” dove headfirst into the week-long controversy around Will Smith, mocking how the “Fresh Prince” seemed to turn into a different person Sunday night when he suddenly got up on stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock in face at the Oscars over a joke about his wife.
In a sketch taking place at the Oscars, host Jerrod Carmichael plays a seat filler who gets opportunity to meet one of his heroes, Will Smith, played by Chris Redd. The two strike up an innocuous, friendly conversation and the filler asks Smith for a selfie when suddenly the audio of Chris Rock’s “G.I. Jane 2” joke about Smith’s bald wife plays.
“Hey, I’ll be right back man,” Smith says, panning out of frame before a loud “slap” sound is heard, shocking Carmichael before he returns to his seat and continues the conversation as if nothing happened.
Smith stops the conversation to yell the now-infamous “Keep my wife’s name out your f—cking mouth!” He smiles and says “Man, I love the Oscars, man,” to the filler, before again shouting the phrase.
“Saturday Night Live” cast member Chris Redd played Will Smith in the sketch. YouTube/Saturday Night Live
Another seat filler, Kyle Mooney, then sits down after a trip to the bathroom, having missed the slap.
“Oh my God, we’re right next to Will Smith. I got to tweet this. Whoa, and he’s trending,” he says, pulling out his phone and apparently seeing the clip. “Oh my god,” he says, appalled.
Smith tries to introduce himself and keep up the casual conversation but both fillers are clearly scared of the actor.
“Richard Williams was a fierce protector of his family,” Smith suddenly yells, referencing the role he played that won him the Oscar for Best Actor. “I’m going to say that in my speech, man,” he tells the seat fillers.
The sketch poked fun at Smith’s array of emotions on Oscars night.YouTube/Saturday Night Live
In his opening monologue, Carmichael, a standup comedian, joked about how the controversy around the slap is everywhere.
“Isn’t it kind of crazy — it feels like we’ve been talking about it for so long,” he said. “This is going to blow your mind — can you believe it’s been six days? This happened a week ago. Doesn’t it feel like it happened years ago? Like doesn’t it feel like it happened when we were all in high school?
“It happened on Sunday. It’s Saturday, bro.”
“By Wednesday, I wanted to kill myself,” he joked.
Jerrod Carmichael’s monologue was filled with jokes about the slap seen around the world. YouTube/Saturday Night Live
“But Friday, I made a vow to myself that I would never ever talk about it again. Then Lorne came into my dressing room. He was like ‘I think you need to talk about it.’ He said the nation needs to heal,” he said to laughter from the crowd.
The Weekend Update duo of Michael Che and Colin Jost also couldn’t help joking about the so-called slap heard ‘round the world, spending nearly five minutes of their segment on the incident.
Jost, who’s married to actress Scarlett Johansson who has been nominated for two Academy Awards, joked that the slap could have personal implications.
“Weekend Update” host Colin Jost compared the craziness of the Oscars to Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson’s 2004 Super Bowl halftime show performance.YouTube/Saturday Night Livr
“Will Smith, for those of you who don’t know, walked on stage during the academy awards and slapped Chris Rock after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, which I think was a disgraceful act that sets a terrible precedent for having to defend your wife at awards shows,” he said.
“I think we should just acknowledge that that is one of the craziest things we will ever see in our lives. It’s truly like the Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction, but if Janet’s nipple slapped Timberlake,” Jost joked.
Michael Che is not leaving “Saturday Night Live” segment “Weekend Update” after all, despite a report claiming he was exiting the series.
“I’m not leaving ‘SNL,’” Che wrote on Instagram, sharing a screenshot of an article detailing his supposed departure. “I said it at a comedy show, and some dork transcribed it & wrote an article.”
The comic also noted that other headline-making punchlines from his routine, including about his sex life, were “just jokes as well.”
Che had raised eyebrows during a Minneapolis set at a salon when he quipped, “This is my last year.”
“You know my tie is a clip-on, right? What man wears a clip-on tie to work for eight years — that’s embarrassing,” he joked.
While fans wondered if that meant he would just leave the segment or the show, it’s now clear he meant neither.
Che, 38, originally joined the NBC sketch comedy series in 2013 and replaced castmate Cecily Strong as co-anchor of “Weekend Update” in 2014. He made “SNL” history when he became the first black co-head writer in 2017 when he and and co-anchor Colin Jost were promoted to lead the show’s writing team, according to Vice.
Che’s been co-anchoring with Colin Jost since 2014.NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
While Che isn’t leaving anytime soon, Jost has teased the possibility.
“I’ve been talking to Che about it in general,” Jost told Howard Stern in July 2020. “I’m not sure. The COVID stuff has really affected how I feel about it because, you know, being away from people who make you laugh at work in that way for this long, really makes you appreciative of not only the job, but of the routine of being at work.”
Bowen Yang said the cast of “Saturday Night Live” is “supporting” Davidson amid his public feud with Kanye West by giving him “space” to handle the drama without any unnecessary additional commentary.
“I think he’s just, you know, figuring it out, because I think a lot is out of his control, in terms of people’s responses.”
Yang, 31, shared that he hoped Davidson was navigating his way through the feud despite West constantly barraging him with threats on social media.
“I think he’s just getting back to his comfort, and I think that is the best thing he can do,” Yang continued. “We are all thinking about him, and we love him so much.”
Yang’s comments came hours after West escalated his one-sided war with Kim Kardashian’s beau. In a video posted to Instagram (but since deleted), West claimed Davidson, 28, had texted him to brag about being in bed with Kardashian, 41, in response to the rapper’s public complaint about his daughter North West’s TikTok account.
“At this point it’s going too far. God, please. The boyfriend texts me, antagonizing me, bragging about being in bed with my wife,” West alleged.
“I’m like, ‘Well, who’s watching my children if he’s texting me, bragging about being in bed with my wife?’”
“We are all thinking about him, and we love him so much,” Yang said of the “SNL” cast.NBC
The “King of Staten Island” star’s good friend Dave Sirus later shared screenshots of Davidson’s exchange with West — which Page Six confirmed were legitimate — to show that he was actually defending the Skims founder to West.
“Kim is literally the best mother I’ve ever met. What she does for those kids is amazing and you are so f–king lucky that she’s your kids mom,” he wrote. “I’ve decided im not gonna let you treat us this way anymore and I’m done being quiet. Grow the f–k up.”
West then asked, “Oh you using profanity now. Where are you right now?”
Davidson clapped back with a selfie showing him shirtless under the covers, adding, “In bed with your wife.”
Boom. Roasted.
Davidson’s feud with West came to a head Sunday.Kim Kardashian/Instagram
The exchange continued with Davidson asking West, 44, to meet him at his hotel for a private conversation, but the Yeezy designer refused. Eventually, the “Big Time Adolescence” actor changed his tune to a more sympathetic attitude.
“It’s not an easy journey, you don’t have to feel this way anymore. There’s no shame in having a little help. You’ll be so happy and at peace,” Davidson wrote, encouraging West to seek help for his mental health.
“I have your back even though you treat me like shit because I want everything to be smooth. But if you continue to press me like you have for the past 6 months I’m gonna stop being so nice.”
Davidson and Kardashian started dating in the fall, less than a year after she filed for divorce from West.
Over at Fox News, Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson have been among the loudest pro-Russia voices in recent years, and on this week’s “Saturday Night Live” cold open, they celebrated Russia’s Ukrainian invasion with an “all-star” Fox News special.
On the “Fox News Ukrainian Invasion Celebration Spectacular,” from Mar-a-Lago, Ingraham (Kate McKinnon) and Carlson (Alex Moffat) welcomed Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) — who sang “My Funny Valentine” in tribute to his pal, authoritarian Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Also appearing were Steven Segal (Bowen Yang), and Donald Trump Jr. (Mikey Day) with Kimberly Guilfoyle (Cecily Strong).
“We got into a little bit of trouble for all the nice things we said about Russia and the main things we said about Ukraine,” “Carlson,” said. “I kept asking why do we hate Putin? Aren’t liberals in America even worse?”
“Ingraham” noted that she called the Ukrainian president “pathetic.”
“I kept saying we should be more worried about our own border getting invaded by Mexico, but in my defense, I am racist,” “Carlson,” said. “So I thought that was true.”
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“Ingraham” added that the special was raising money for “the real victims of this invasion: The oligarchs.”
Added “Carlson”: “So please, open your wallets. And because this is Fox News, you can either send money or take out a reverse mortgage. So far, we’ve raised over 8.3 billion rubles, which comes out to almost $12.
“Don Jr.” and “Kimberly Guilfoyle” were then introduced as the “first couple, the real Prince Harry and Megan Markle, Don Jr. And Kimberly Guilfoyle, who are going to be performing a duet in honor of Russia and Ukraine coming together!”
The duo then performed their version of “Shallow,” from “A Star Is Born.” Then, “Trump” introduced his song for Putin: “Vladimir, I want you to hear this from me. You is smart, you is kind, you is important. And here is a little song from me to you.”
The March 5 episode of “SNL” marks Oscar Isaac’s debut as host on the reporterdoor.comedy series. Isaac opened up his monologue by saying his full, birth-name— Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada —and immediately the half-Guatemalan, half-Cuban actor cracked a joke about how Hollywood “chose” the “whitest sounding names” to refer to him. He continued to talk about his “ethnic ambiguity” in jest, noting that he can play anyone from a Pharoah to “Timothée Chalamet’s” daddy, as he did on “Dune.” Isaac’s coming off a busy year that included projects such as “Dune,” “Scenes From a Marriage” and “The Card Counter.”
“You know the whole ‘a rabbit, a priest and the minister walk into a bar’? Yeah, I can play anyone in that joke,” Isaac said.
Isaac then went into promoting his entry into the Marvel Universe— “Moon Knight,” headed to Disney Plus on March 30 —by showing clips of himself as a kid in the movie “The Avenger,” a home video he created with his neighbor, Bruce Ferguson, while he was growing up in Miami, Florida. In it, he starred as both the villain and as a “ninja assassin” of the ten-year-olds-made action flick, complete with scenes with his friend Bruce’s dad cleaning the pool in the background and Isaac “stabbing” himself and then licking a “sword” with fake blood.
Isaac noted that he decided to use up his monologue with clips of “The Avenger” because it’s important to encourage kids to “be weirdos.”
“Because every once in a while, one of those weirdos grows up to host SNL!,” he closed.
Also performing on the episode is Charli XCX, back for her second performance on “SNL.” This is a bit of a make-good for Charli XCX, who was originally set to appear on the Dec. 18 episode, hosted by Paul Rudd, but later canceled as the show was downsized due to the surge of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 pandemic. Charli XCX’s fifth studio album “Crash” is set to be released on March 18.
Next up is Zoë Kravitz, who will host “SNL” on March 12, with Spanish artist Rosalía as music guest.
John Mulaney touched on sobriety and his son with Olivia Munn, Malcolm, in his “Saturday Night” monologue this weekend, joking he knew the exact moment he knew that the baby was his Mini-Me.
“We were in the delivery room. My girlfriend had just given birth to him and he’s crying a little, so they bring him over to this warmer on the other side of the delivery room. [He’s] under this big bright light, and light is just shining in his eyes,” the comedian, 39, said.
“He just looks up at the light and [he squints]. He was annoyed, but he didn’t say anything. I was like, ‘That’s my son.’ A polite man in an uncomfortable situation, but he’s not going to make a fuss. He’s a very good boy.”
Mulaney, who was hosting the NBC stalwart for the fifth time, also got candid about sobriety and his relationship with Munn, 41, during the opening monologue.
“For many, many reasons, I’m grateful to be here tonight after a very complicated year,” he began.
The comedian welcomed his first child with Munn in November 2021.Instagram
“It is wonderful to be in a place that’s always emphasized sobriety and mental health,” he quipped. “Since I last hosted, different things have happened … Life is a lot better and happier now. I have a 12-week-old son. I’m very excited, he is a pretty cool guy for someone who can’t vote. His legs are like little calzones, and I want to eat him.”
Mulaney hosted “SNL” for the fifth time. NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
Mulaney and Munn became first-time parents when she gave birth to their son in Los Angeles on Nov. 24. It came just a few months after he filed for divorce from his ex-wife, Anna Marie Tendler.
The couple was married for seven years when he initiated the process in July, leaving his artist wife blindsided. “I am heartbroken that John has decided to end our marriage. I wish him support and success as he continues his recovery,” Tendler said in a statement at the time, referencing her ex’s 2020 stint in rehab for alcoholism and cocaine addiction.
The father-son duo pose for a sweet snap.Instagram
Just one week after announcing they had called it quits, news broke that Mulaney was dating Munn. He later confirmed during an appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” that he was going to become a dad.
“I got into this relationship that’s been really beautiful with someone incredible,” he said at the time. “And we’re having a baby together. I was nervous when I was about to say the news!”
