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Jake Gyllenhaal was “honored” to host the season 49 finale of “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, but comically couldn’t hide his slight disappointment at not having been selected for the decidedly more spectacular gig of hosting the premiere of the beloved. the sketch show’s 50th season this fall.
After coming out on stage at Studio 8H at 30 Rock in New York and making a few jokes about the number 49 on Saturday night – including mentioning that 49 is the number of times Conor McGregor “accidentally hit” him while they were doing the “Road House Reboot” – Gyllenhaal launched into a rendition of Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road.”
He was then joined by “SNL” cast members Punkie Johnson, Kenan Thompson, Ego Nwodim and Devon Walker, who came to support Gyllenhaal in song. Thompson, in particular, knocked it out of the park crooning about how the latter The season was “definitely one of the 48 best seasons” of the series.
Then, Gyllenhaal retorted with a meandering thought that it’s “also the start of a new” road, saying, “in many ways, THIS is the true first episode of season 50″ — to which Nwodim quickly replied: “No! No it is not.”
“I had to try,” Gyllenhaal said with a suave smile.
This is Gyllenhaal’s third time hosting “Saturday Night Live.” Sabrina Carpenter was the musical guest.
Gyllenhaal previously hosted in 2007 and 2022.
