Saturday Night Live was reside, however not in entrance of a reside viewers on Saturday night time. Host Paul Rudd was there, however many of the solid was not, musical visitor Charli XCX did not carry out and there have been only a few individuals within the studio watching.
“Due to the current spike within the Omicron variant and out of an abundance of warning, there will likely be no reside viewers for tonight’s taping of Saturday Night Live,” a consultant for NBC mentioned in a press release launched on Saturday and obtained by CNN.
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While Rudd did seem as host, singer Charli XCX tweeted on Saturday that her deliberate musical performances couldn’t go forward because of a restricted crew, writing that she was “devastated and heartbroken.”
She later adopted up with a tweet noting that the cancelation was not her alternative.
“Heya simply to clear up any confusion i did not determine to cancel or pull out of the present tonight!” she tweeted. “We have been knowledgeable at round 3pm ish that my phase of the present would not be capable to go forward for everybody’s security and so there was nothing we might do.”
heya simply to clear up any confusion i didn’t determine to cancel or pull out of the present tonight! We have been knowledgeable at round 3pm ish that my phase of the present wouldn’t be capable to go forward for everybody’s security and so there was nothing we might do 💔
— Charli (@charli_xcx) December 19, 2021
The present featured a mixture of sketches from years previous blended in with new sketches taped earlier within the week. Former solid member Tina Fey and present solid member Michael Che teamed as much as learn the Weekend Update information jokes seated in chairs on the stage, with no set or costumes.
While Rudd was nonetheless thought-about the host, actor Tom Hanks, who’s hosted SNL 10 instances, additionally confirmed as much as introduce acts and to hitch Rudd and solid member Kenan Thompson watching the Update sketch.
Saturday marked Rudd’s fifth time internet hosting the present, and Thompson joked to him that it nonetheless sort of counted.
“Congratulations on internet hosting the present 4 and a half instances,” he mentioned.
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