Sydney Sweeney Night On SNL Included Mocking Madame Web, Directly Addressing Her Rumored Affair With Glen Powell, And Of Course A Hooters Sketch
For the second Saturday night in a row I found myself in bed watching SNL as it came on live. Probably something I hadn't done in over a decade, but when you lineup Shane Gillis and Sydney Sweeney back to back and belly to belly, well my hands are tied. Big few nights for the fellas as give an over the hill show one more shot at relevancy. I don't know about you guys, but as a fan of comedy, I felt it was my duty to tune in and support whatever Sydney Sweeney wanted to do up there, the same as I did with Gillis. If you didn't, well you're a sexist pig.
Now a few people out there began to worry whether NBC and/or the libs would prevent Sweeney from doing her thing. Our TMZ correspondent Grier really got the conversation started earlier in the week.
I'm not sure if it was his words that got the execs scrambling to rethink their plan or if this was the move all along, but we found out pretty quickly those concerns would not be validated.
In the off chance Sony heads hadn't un-alived themselves since the premiere of Madame Web, I think there's a decent shot they did the damn thing after Sweeney's mention of the masterpiece in her monologue.
Glowing remarks! Bought my ticket moments after.
You have to appreciate how even the people who made the movie know it was a giant piece of shit. Usually you don't hear that kind of self deprecation for years, since you do want people to go see it and make you money. Madame Web is still very much out in theaters and the cast is letting it fly. What an incredible disaster of a film.
The SNL host also gave a nice shout out to her rumored affair with co-star Glen Powell, who was sitting right there in the front row for the camera to pan to!
He also showed up in a later sketch as the co-worker she cheated on and left her boyfriend for. Really hammered that one home.
No word on whether her actual fiancé ever got out of the dressing room he was tied up in. God bless that man. Either the dumbest man alive, the most trusting fella in history, or he simply doesn't care what his fiancée does because he gets her 80% of the time. I lean option three, but that's just me.
Reminder whatever went down during the Anyone But You filming ended Powell's relationship with his then girlfriend Gigi Paris. But they're all laughing about it on live TV so obviously the rumors were all made up.
The good news is that once the Anyone But You promotions are done, this will be it for the two of them. The SNL joking was the final step. You'll never see these two again.
Back to the show, the dog in the high school sketch might have stolen the whole show. What an incredibly well behaved, good boy. Kind of a weird skit, but the dog was great!
And of course, there was the Hooters scene
I'm sure the night won't make the SNL HOF, but hey it got me watching, along with I imagine a whole lot of other people for better or for worse. Mission accomplished on their end the last two weeks.
One last time for Sydney Sweeney and Kacey Musgraves!
Eh what the hell, one more time!
P.S. Here's the full monologue if you're curious. I thought it was fun to watch the girl in the background this time around who looked like she wanted to end her life during Shane's monologue last weekend. Wonder what changed.