Jake Gyllenhaal is again on the Studio 8H stage!
The 41-year-old actor lastly returned to Saturday Night time Reside over the weekend. And together with musical visitor Camila Cabello, he didn’t disappoint in bringing some enjoyable and memorable moments for this week’s episode!
Because it has been 15 years since Jake first hosted the late-night sketch comedy sequence, he needed to take a little bit stroll down reminiscence lane proper off the bat. Throughout his opening monologue, the Brokeback Mountain star joked about how lengthy it has been since he’s graced the SNL stage, saying:
“I’m so excited to be again at SNL. The final time I hosted was the yr 2007. You understand how way back that was? That was like 400 Marvel films in the past. To present you an concept of what it was like in 2007, within the present I hosted, there was a George W. Bush sketch, there have been jokes in regards to the first iPhone, and it is a photograph of me from my monologue.”
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Exhibiting off an image of himself from his internet hosting debut during which he was in a wig and costume with Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler, and Kristen Wiig, he continued:
“There I’m in full drag, singing a tune from Dreamgirls, to advertise a film the place I performed a homosexual cowboy. That was truly the least problematic factor in that episode, however trying again, I really feel like I used to be a completely completely different individual.”
Jake went on to elucidate how he had bought a rep for being “this severe, intense methodology actor,” noting that he was solely doing that “methodology stuff” to be a severe actor. However now, it looks like all he desires to do is embrace the enjoyable aspect of the job! He stated:
“That’s after I realized one thing I ought to have realized a very long time in the past — performing is a extremely silly job. It’s fake and it’s enjoyable, and it needs to be full of pleasure. Effectively, I’m lastly embracing that pleasure once more, and that’s why I’m again standing on this stage.”
So how does he plan on discovering the enjoyment in performing once more? By belting out the observe, It’s All Coming Again to Me Now by Celine Dion, in fact!
“I by no means thought SNL would come calling once more. I imply, it’s been 15 years and I wasn’t certain I’d keep in mind find out how to host, however being right here tonight it looks like every thing is all of the sudden coming again.”
Is all of it coming again now as a result of he is aware of all of it too properly? Sorry, we needed to! Ch-ch-check out his dazzling quantity with forged members Chloe Fineman, Ego Nwodim, and Cecily Sturdy:
So good!
Whereas the remainder of the present had moved on from masking the notorious Oscars slap, the hosts over on the “Weekend Replace” couldn’t assist however poke enjoyable at Will Smith being banned from the Academy Awards for the subsequent 10 years. The truth is, Colin Jost took a second to query whether or not or not that’s truly a “punishment” or not. He quipped:
“Is {that a} punishment? He can nonetheless be nominated and even win an award. He may even go to the after-party. He simply doesn’t need to attend the four-hour ceremony the place somebody is unquestionably going to make enjoyable of his spouse once more.”
What would he do as a substitute? The 39-year-old stated an actual penalty could be to make Will host subsequent yr’s Oscars. Referring to when he hosted the 2018 Emmys with co-anchor Michael Che, he stated:
“Belief me. Nothing will make you query your decisions in life greater than internet hosting an awards present.”
Now we have a sense not everybody would agree with Colin’s various punishment. Watch the “Weekend Replace” (under):
To make issues a little bit awkward, Camila truly introduced alongside her collaborator Willow Smith for a efficiency of their tune Psychofreak afterward. She additionally sang her tune Bam Bam, delivering a vivid and energetic efficiency for the viewers. Ch-ch-check it out:
AH-mazing!
In case you missed it, listed here are some extra highlights from final evening’s episode of SNL:
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