Sabrina Carpenter was the host and musical visitor on final evening’s (October 18) episode of Saturday Night time Reside, the place she carried out songs from her new album Man’s Best Friend. Wearing SNL-themed underwear, Carpenter sang the only “Manchild” right into a hairbrush; later, she donned a gi and did some karate for the album observe “No person’s Son.” Carpenter additionally starred in sketches all through the night as a 12-year-old boy podcast host, a girlboss motivational speaker who suffers a head harm, and a singing washing machine.
In her opening monologue, Carpenter addressed the controversy across the Man’s Greatest Good friend album cowl. “What individuals don’t notice is that’s simply how they cropped it,” she joked. “Should you zoom out it’s clearly an image from the [Saturday Night Live] fiftieth anniversary particular of Bowen [Yang] serving to me up by the hair after Martin Brief shoved me out of the buffet line, saying one thing like ‘Daddy want his mini quiche.’” Carpenter additionally touched on her model as a “horndog popstar”—“I’m not simply attractive, I’m additionally turned on, and sexually charged”—did some sexually charged crowd work, and was almost arrested by Keenan Thompson. Watch Carpenter’s full speech and performances, plus her SNL promo video with solid member Marcello Hernandez, beneath.
Final evening marked Carpenter’s third look on Saturday Night time Reside—fourth in case you depend her cameo on this yr’s Quinta Brunson-hosted episode. She first stopped by Studio 8H as musical visitor on the heels of her 2024 album Short n’ Sweet, and was part of SNL50: The Anniversary Special, the place she carried out a duet of the Simon & Garfunkel track “Homeward Certain” alongside Paul Simon. On Thursday, Carpenter will kick off a run of North American arena shows, with stops in Pittsburgh, New York, Nashville, Toronto, and Los Angeles.
Season 51 of Saturday Night time Reside premiered on October 4. The season debut was hosted by Bad Bunny, with Doja Cat serving as musical visitor. After taking this week off, SNL’s subsequent three episodes are set to function Miles Teller and Brandi Carlile, Nikki Glaser and Sombr, and Glen Powell and Olivia Dean, respectively.
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