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Katt Williams is taking umbrage with Saturday Night Live. He has called out the sketch series for casting a female to parody him and more.
As spotted on Page Six the comedian recently did an interview at the Vulture Festival in Los Angeles. While on stage the Friday After Next star spoke about his historic career and much more. To no surprise he had a very hot take when questioned about the comedy series and how they spoofed him on several episodes. “There has never been a person that has been parodied nine times on Saturday Night Live and yet never been invited other than me,” he explained. “So, I at this point, take it as a badge of honor that they don’t f**k with me.”
When asked on his thoughts about the parodies he made it clear he responded in the most Katt Williams way possible. “A lot of times when people are doing an impression of you, they’re really showing you how they feel about you. You know what I mean?” he said. “So, for Saturday Night Live to have an impression of me and have a woman do that, means they think I’m a b*tch. And I understand that that’s what they’re saying when they do that.”
He would also reflect on his viral interview on Club Shay Shay from January where he alleged that Diddy’s day of reckoning would soon come. “Even if I’m at the Diddy party, I’m there to tell. I’m there to see, Who the f*ck is in here and what do y’all get from being in here? So, nobody likes to have me around. I’m there for bad intentions.” On a recent interview of Nightcap Shannon Sharpe hinted at a second Club Shay Shay interview Katt Williams. You can see him discuss it below.
Charli XCX delivered some Wicked impressions during her hosting debut on Saturday Night Live.
On Saturday (Nov. 16), the 32-year-old British pop star pulled double duty as both host and musical guest. She showcased her comedic chops in a standout sketch about auditions for the upcoming live-action adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked.
The sketch begins with a voiceover for the movie: “Audiences can’t wait to see the star-studded cast of Wicked,” as clips from the Jon M. Chu-directed film, featuring Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, play on screen. “But before production starts, actors across Hollywood audition to step foot in Oz. Here are their never-before-seen screen tests.”
The sketch features a series of hilarious fake auditions from various celebrities, including JoJo Siwa (Chloe Fineman), Bernie Sanders (Sarah Sherman), Sydney Sweeney (Fineman), Al Pacino (Dana Carvey), Martha Stewart (Fineman), and Bad Bunny (Marcello Hernandez).
Charli kicks things off with a spot-on impression of Adele. Dressed in an elegant black dress and sporting long, wavy hair reminiscent of the British singer’s look during her Weekends With Adele residency in Las Vegas, Charli’s Adele exclaims, “Oh, hello, can I take me shoes off? OK, wicked!” as she flings off her heels and struts down a yellow brick road. “Oh my God! I said the name of the bloody movie! That’s f—ing funny!” she adds, laughing with exaggerated flair.
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Later in the sketch, SNL‘s Bowen Yang, who famously impersonated Charli during the show’s Season 50 premiere, returns to play Charli once again — this time while standing next to Charli herself, who appears as her Sweat tour mate Troye Sivan.
“Can I call you Elphie?” Bowen’s Charli asks, prompting Troye (played by Charli) to respond, “No.” Bowen continues, “I only bullied you because I’m a b—- and you’re a witch. And you’re a witch, I’m confused.” Charli’s Sivan clarifies, “I’m not a witch. I’m a top.”
Yang also plays Pfannee in Wicked, which hits theaters on Nov. 22.
Elsewhere in the episode, Charli electrified the crowd with performances of “360” and “Sympathy Is a Knife,” both tracks from her sixth album, Brat. Released in June, the set debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and earned widespread acclaim, including a 2025 Grammy nomination for album of the year.
Saturday’s appearance marked Charli’s third time on SNL, following previous musical guest spots in 2014 and 2022.
Watch SNL‘s “Wicked Auditions” sketch below. For those without cable, the broadcast streams on Peacock, which you can sign up for at the link here. Having a Peacock account also gives fans access to previous SNL episodes.
Charli XCX brought songs from her Grammy-nominated Brat album to Saturday Night Live on Nov. 16. The 32-year-old British pop star pulled double duty as both host and musical guest on the iconic NBC sketch comedy show. Between cracking jokes in sketches, Charli delivered electrifying performances of “360” and “Sympathy Is a Knife,” both from […]
English singer Charli XCX is getting ready to appear on Saturday Night Live once again this weekend, with the latest promo clip from the episode showing off her comedic touch.
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The episode, which airs on Nov. 16, will be Charli’s third appearance, having served as musical guest during the Martin Freeman-hosted show in 2014 and Oscar Isaac’s episode in 2022. This time, however, will be the singer’s first pulling double duty as both host and musical guest.
As a result, she’s been showing off her more comedic side in the promo clips released ahead of the show, teaming up with SNL cast member Marcello Hernández for the latest series.
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“Charli, I have a personal question to ask you,” Hernández queries the musician. “What’s your real name?”
“I never tell anyone this but it’s Charleston Ten One Hundred Ten,” responds Charli, whose real name is actually Charlotte Aitchison. “Wow, that’s amazing,” Hernández adds to a muted response. “I have a bit of a secret myself; my real name is Marcellonian Hernandingleheimer.”
Other brief appearances with Hernández include Charli promising the cast member that “the nation” will decide if his outfit is “brat” or “brong”, and noting that she’ll keep her final promo short, before offering a sly nod in Hernández’ direction.
Another clip released on Wednesday (Nov. 13) pokes fun at the ubiquitous ‘Brat summer’ phenomenon, that accompanied her culture-dominating album that dropped back in June.
The clips shows Charli seen going over her lines before SNL cast member Chloe Fineman joins her to express excitement over her joining the show. “Brat,” Charli responds, and continues to respond with the same one-word phrase for Fineman’s series of conversation starters, including asking how she’s feeling, inquiring about a rash and more.
Watch Charli XCX in the latest SNL promo below. Catch the full episode of Saturday Night Live on Nov. 16 at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC, before it streams on Peacock.
Billie Eilish isn’t interested in going viral on TikTok — at least that’s the message she gives in a Saturday Night Live sketch about the social media platform.
During SNL‘s Michael Keaton-hosted episode on Oct. 19, the 22-year-old pop star made a cameo in a nearly four-minute sketch, aptly titled “TikTok,” in which she brushes off influencer Harry Daniels (played by Bowen Yang), who’s made a name for himself by singing to random celebrities on TikTok.
“Excuse me, Miss Eilish, can I sing to you?” Bowen’s Daniels requests as he accosts Eilish in hallway and quickly belts out a tune. Clearly annoyed, the “What Was I Made For?” hitmaker quickly interrupts him with a lucrative request. “Here’s 10 grand, please stop following me,” she says, handing him a wad of cash and scurrying off.
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Daniels has indeed encountered Eilish in real life, as seen in videos on his TikTok account, which boasts 1.6 million followers. During the SNL skit, Bowen’s Daniels also sings to Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris and James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump
The pre-recorded “TikTok” sketch featured a person doomscrolling through their social media tread, encountering clips of a cat dancing to SNL cast member’s Marcello Hernandez viral cover of Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso,” Chloe Fineman playing Call Her Daddy podcast host Alex Cooper and Kenan Thompson portraying a foodie reviewing a Fruity Pebble-covered chicken sandwich from his car.
Elsewhere during the episode, Eilish appeared for the fourth time as musical guest, performing Hit Me Hard and Soft album tracks “Birds of a Feather” and “Wildflower” alongside her brother Finneas. She previously performed on SNL in 2019 and 2023, pulling double-duty in 2021 as host and musical guest. Her appearance with Keaton follows last week’s Ariana Grande-hosted episode, which featured live performances from Stevie Nicks.
Watch SNL‘s “TikTok” sketch below. For those without cable, the broadcast streams on Peacock, which you can sign up for at the link here. Having a Peacock account also gives fans access to previous SNL episodes.
Billie Eilish made a celestial appearance on Saturday Night Live. The 22-year-old pop star dropped by Studio 8H on Oct. 19 for her fourth time as musical guest on the long-running NBC sketch comedy show, delivering a pair of out-of-this-world live performances from her third album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, which dropped in May. […]
Saturday Night Live‘s Chloe Fineman may have just figured out a way to conjure Billie Eilish at any time that fans are definitely going to want to try at home. In a promo video for this weekend’s Michael Keaton-hosted episode posted Thursday (Oct. 17), the comedian stands with the actor and says, “I loved Beetlejuice, […]
Ariana Grande was working late on Saturday Night Live this weekend, ’cause she’s a singer — not that you would’ve been able to tell from her hilarious spoof of Sabrina Carpenter‘s “Espresso” during the live comedy show Saturday (Oct. 12).
And one day after the sketch — which featured the Wicked star stumbling through parody lyrics set to the tune of the summer smash as part of an awkward bridesmaid tribute — the “Please Please Please” musician shared her reaction. “Very nice and on pitch,” Carpenter sarcastically joked on her Instagram Story, reposting a clip of the skit and adding a couple heart emojis.
The Girl Meets World alum also tagged Grande and the SNL cast members who played bridesmaids alongside the “We Can’t Be Friends” artist in the wedding reception-themed sketch: Heidi Gardner, Sarah Sherman and Ego Nwodim. While toasting a bride played by Chloe Fineman in front of her groom, played by Andrew Dismukes, the quartet reveals through their rendition of “Espresso” that their bachelorette party trip wasn’t exactly innocent.
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“Now we’re back in the house in the hot tub/ She’s there with Domingo,” the bridesmaids sing to the chorus melody of Carpenter’s Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit as Dismukes watches in horror. “Asks us to leave, get a hotel/ She’s vibing with Domingo.”
Sharing the “Feather” singer’s appraisal on her own Instagram Story, Grande replied, “tysm we tried.”
The “Espresso” skit was just one of several hilarious moments in the Grande-hosted episode Saturday. Though she made a concerted effort not to show off her usually fabulous vocals in the bridesmaid toast, the three-time Grammy winner did get to put her talents to use in a couple other scenes — despite Stevie Nicks appearing as musical guest instead of her.
In her opening monologue, for instance, Grande belted out a few runs in front of a kick line moments after pledging to keep her appearance on the show low-key. Elsewhere, the pop star impersonated Celine Dion, sang an ode to the singular scent of one’s best friend’s house and flexed her opera chops while portraying a young Italian music prodigy named Antonio.
Grande’s second time hosting comes eight years after she first led the show in 2016, and seven months after she appeared as musical guest earlier this year to perform tracks from her Billboard 200-topping album Eternal Sunshine. In May, Carpenter made her SNL debut, singing “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” on the Jake Gyllenhaal-hosted program.
Watch Grande’s “Espresso” spoof on SNL below.
Ariana Grande doesn’t care how popular Wicked is — she still doesn’t want to make jokes about it during her upcoming hosting stint on Saturday Night Live. In a new promo video posted Wednesday (Oct. 9), the pop star meets with a group of the comedy show’s cast members to discuss sketch ideas. “Guys, I’m […]
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Marcello Hernandez has brought a new energy to Saturday Night Live as the breakout star to join the show’s latest cast of comedians. As a result, the 26-year-old has teamed up with some of his favorite Latin music artists including Bad Bunny (who he most recently impersonated) and Karol G. In celebration of the comedy sketch show’s 50th season as well as Hispanic Heritage Month, Hernandez is raising a glass to his achievements in a new campaign with Buchanan Scotch Whiskey.
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The #ComoLoDigas campaign looks to celebrate and display the various ways that Buchanan’s 200% fans pronounce (and enjoy) the beverage, while demonstrating that “what may differentiate Latinos in language unites them in community,” the brand says in a press statement.
As a fellow 200%-er, the #ComoLoDigas campaign also has a personal connection for the actor.
“One of the reasons that it’s been a really cool experience to work with Buchanon’s is the 200% campaign, which is just highlighting people that are 100% their culture or their parents’ culture, and then also 100% American,” Hernandez says in an interview with Billboard. “I think a lot of first-generation people like myself can relate to that.”
SNL‘s Marcello Hernández and Chef Manolo Lopez celebrate the new #ComoLoDigas Buchanan’s Whisky’s Campaign at the soft opening of Café Colmado.
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Keep reading to shop the whiskey and learn more about Hernandez’s experience as a cast member on SNL — including his secret to the perfect Bad Bunny impression as well as what he’s most excited for when Ariana Grande takes over hosting duties.
Choosing Buchanan’s Scotch Whiskey seemed like a natural choice for the comedian as it was a go-to for his family.
“You spend a lot of time when you’re younger not drinking,” he says. “When you get old enough to drink, you just want something that’s familiar. I think that this was really familiar to me because of the family parties I used to go to. It’s like a household name, if you will.”
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Part of the reason Buchanan’s tapped Hernandez to be the face of the campaign was through their effort to bring younger Lantino Americans into the forefront — especially as Latino culture and language in the U.S. has evolved over the years. The campaign also hopes to unite the different communities within the culture by celebrating 200% pride and uniting everyone no matter what form (or sound). Within the campaign video, the brand spotlights the various ways in which people have been pronouncing “Buchanan’s” over the years “based on their country of origin, cultural slang or even the neighborhoods they live in, ensuring the love for Buchanan’s Whisky remains, no matter the pronunciation.”
Latino culture in the U.S. and language have evolved over the years, with younger Latino Americans celebrating our nuances, not to create division, but rather to celebrate 200% pride and uniting us no matter what form (or sound) it takes. Launching during Hispanic Heritage Month, the campaign is inspired by the various ways different communities
Below, ShopBillboard chats with Hernandez more about life as a cast member on SNL, his favorite artists and what he looks forward to most when Grande takes over as host.
You just had the premiere for the 50th season. Compared to last season, what was different about this premiere experience?
Well, this year we had Maya [Rudolph] and Andy Sandberg and Jim Gaffigan and Dana Carvie, who all stopped by to play characters of the Presidential race. Having them there set the tone for what season this is going to be and show you how important it is. I just think it’s beautiful, the relationship that people that have graduated from the show still have with it.
You also did a Bad Bunny impression for the premiere. Did he know about it beforehand?
I didn’t tell him, but I did keep him in mind. I didn’t want to ruin the little relationship that we do have, but it was fun. He’s somebody that before I met him, I was just a huge fan. It’s fun to dress up like somebody that you’re fan of.
What do you think is the secret to the perfect Bad Bunny impression?
I think there’s probably different ways to do it, whether he’s on stage versus off stage. Off stage he’s definitely not like a a crazy loud person, maybe the way I am, so maybe turning myself down a couple notches and being a little more chill. He has a grace to him that is fun to watch, and it’s hard to throw him off.
And then looking forward, Ariana Grande is supposed to be hosting soon — any dream sketches with her?
I don’t know if I have any dream sketches, but I do know that when I was 12 or 13, my family and I did a trip to LA, and we were at a restaurant and we saw her. Back then, my sister and I would probably watch her on Victorius and I remember just being like,”we have to take a picture with her.”
We did. There’s this really old picture of really young me with Ariana. Any sketch that we do together will feel like a full circle moment.
Are there any musical guests you’re looking forward to seeing?
Personally, all I listen to is Latin music. I think just having any Latin artist come by would be beautiful and would definitely have me dancing at 8H.
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