Pedro Pascal was lurking around Saturday Night Live this weekend
Bad Bunny hosted the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live, with a little help from his friend Pedro Pascal
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Bad Bunny got a surprise assist on Saturday Night Live this weekend from the Internet’s boyfriend (or as some might say, daddy), Mr. Pedro Pascal. Pascal only hosted for the first time earlier this year in February, but he returned to the Studio 8H stage as an old pro, offering the rapper sage advice for stealing the show and even bringing back a newly recurring character.
Pascal first popped up during the monologue, where he served as a so-so translator for Bad Bunny (a.k.a. Benito). The Grammy winner is perfectly capable of hosting—or doing anything—in English, by the way, but Pascal was on hand for some inaccurate translation of some monologuing en Español: “He says he’s blessed to be here with my favorite actor Pedro Pascal,” he lied to the audience. Asked for hosting advice, Pascal encouraged his friend to be self-deprecating, which is difficult, because Bad Bunny has nothing to deprecate, by his own estimation.
Later, Pascal reappeared to play Marcello Hernández’s Protective Mom, who is incredibly disparaging of her son’s girlfriend. The joke saw both Pascal and Bad Bunny dressed in suburban middle-aged lady drag and dismissing the new girlfriend (new cast member Chloe Troast) as “muy Old Navy.” The silly sketch proved just how game of a host Bad Bunny was, bringing a completely unselfconscious energy to his performance. It also solidified Pascal as a solid SNL pinch hitter with his own memorable character.
The evening saw some other famous faces, including Lady Gaga, Mick Jagger, and SNL alum Fred Armisen. Though the actors strike persists, artists are allowed to appear on Saturday Night Live because it’s under a separate contract (the Network Code Agreement) than the one that’s currently being struck. Still, actors who host SNL are usually doing so in a promotional capacity, which is a no-no right now. So far, the hosts have been guys with other jobs besides acting: though Pete Davidson and Bad Bunny are both rising movie stars, Davidson has a stand-up tour and Bad Bunny just released a new album. Next up will be Nate Bargatze, another stand-up comedian. They’ve basically avoided regular actors so far, and with any luck, the strike will soon resolve so this will no longer be an issue. Still, that doesn’t mean Pedro Pascal can’t stop by whenever the spirit strikes him!
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This might be because I’m British, but why did the crowd go so wild when Bad Bunny said he couldn’t do a self-deprecating joke because he has no flaws? They reacted like he’d said the most amazing thing ever.
It’s appreciation for him being a very hot dude
did the review of this episode get pulled? i saw it up yesterday but now it’s gone
Looks that way. The comments section on the original review was getting pretty “Speak English in ‘Merica” when I looked at it, so I’ll bet that was the reason.
Weird for them to suddenly give a shit about what’s in the comment section.
Agreed.
It definitely got pulled from the front page, but the link to it in this story gets you there. But the comment section got vaporized, probably due to the “Why are they speaking Spanish on my ‘murican show?!” comment thread if I had to guess.
I will never understand that mindset. Seeing those guys enjoying themselves and each other, only joyful feelings ensue. It must be shockingly easy to condition a brain to subsist on and crave constant supplies of rage and hatred.
That’s a bit orientalist is the thing. Like of course the Trap artist looks happy, what’s the subject of Trap?
Here’s the link: https://www.avclub.com/saturday-night-live-review-season-49-episode-2-1850948269
The sight gag of dumping out the gifted cookies from the tin, only to replace them with her sewing tackle, was hysterical.
My wife got a tin of those cookies from a Costco a few weeks ago and mentioned how she’d only ever find sewing stuff in those if they were lying around the house when she was a kid. Really amusing to see it’s apparently universal. (Especially since we’re from a completely different part of the world…)
It’s definitely childhood nostalgia to have been faked out with the anticipation of discovering a perceived hoard of cookies. “Good one, Grandma! You got me.”
I loved that. It was a perfect complement to the moment from the original sketch where Pascal ditches the vegan sliders but carefully folds the bag and tucks it behind the trash can for safekeeping. I think a million childhood memories of my thrifty mother washed over me both times. I cackled with glee.
What are these do doing here? Though they deported the illegales