Ahead of the ninety fifth annual Oscars on Sunday, the Saturday Night Live chilly open featured a dwell purple carpet section and what audiences can anticipate forward of the ceremony.
Marcello Hernandez and Heidi Gardner performed Mario Lopez and “Maria Menounos or Kit Hoover,” hosts of Access Hollywood‘s Oscars Red Carpet Show. “We are so excited to have been standing outside the Dolby Theatre for almost 153 hours,” Hernandez’s Lopez stated. “But it’s all worth it to ask Angela Bassett if she really did the thing.”
Gardner’s host additionally referenced Will Smith’s notorious smackdown of Chris Rock throughout final yr’s ceremony, saying, “This year, to make sure nothing crazy happens, the Academy hired a new head of security: notoriously calm and sane person, Mike Tyson.”
When requested about what new safety measures are in place, Kenan Thompson’s Tyson, stated, “This year, all the nominees have been given tasers, all the seat fillers have been given guns and Jimmy Kimmel has been given a flamethrower.” He added that an Apple AirTag was additionally slipped into Smith’s pocket forward of the ceremony so “we know exactly where he’ll be at all times unless, of course, he changed his pants and then he could be anywhere.”
Later, throughout an Oscars playing section, Andrew Dismukes and Devon Walker stated among the favourite long-shot picks for a shock look ballot embrace Chris Rock, Jared from Subway, Armie Hammer, the judges that overturned Roe v. Wade, George Santos pretending to be Tom Cruise and Harvey Weinstein introduces Kanye West.
Chloe Fineman’s Jamie Lee Curtis, Sarah Sherman’s Michelle Williams’ Jewish performing coach, Mikey Day’s Colin Farrell, Molly Kearney’s Brendan Gleeson and Bowen Yang’s Santos as Cruise additionally made appearances on SNL‘s purple carpet.
Gardner’s host initially thought she noticed Cruise on the purple carpet, however Hernandez’s Lopez was fast to say, “George, you’re not fooling anyone.” Yang’s Santos responded, “Except I did, and now I’m in Congress. Excuse me, I have to go be everyone, everywhere all at once.”
Jenna Ortega, star of Wednesday and Scream VI, made her internet hosting debut Saturday night time, with musical visitor The 1975, who beforehand appeared on the present in 2016.
