00:00Is that Harry Styles?
00:04Yep, that's Harry Styles.
00:07It was a battle of the hearthrobs on Saturday Night Live.
00:10Harry crashed Ryan's SNL monologue on March 7th,
00:13and the goss may have been a teeny bit upstaged.
00:16You see, Harry's got a new album out,
00:18Kiss All the Time, Disco, Occasionally,
00:20and he's back next week to take over Studio 8H.
00:24It'll be Harry's second time pulling double duty
00:26as host and musical guest.
00:28Last time was on November 16th, 2019,
00:31and it was Lamazing.
00:34All right, back to Rye Guy.
00:35While the I'm Just Ken singer charmed his way
00:38through his fourth time hosting,
00:40he was breaking character left and right,
00:43right at the top of the show when Mikey Day planted
00:45an apparently unplanned kiss on his cheek.
00:48Yeah?
00:50Then again in this wedding toast sketch.
00:53When I clink the top of the glass,
00:55you kiss on the lips.
00:58So when I...
01:06Guess...
01:07Guess what body part I want you to kiss now?
01:12The poosie.
01:14A full-on snort coming from the three-time Academy Award-nominated actor.
01:19The crowd ate it up,
01:21and the NBC censors now have a new word to worry about.
01:24Poosie.
01:25But that's not all.
01:27In this passing note sketch,
01:28both Ryan and cast member Ashley Padilla couldn't contain themselves.
01:32Check it out.
01:33She works at a gynecologist's office.
01:39You can't have the worst one in the world.
01:44Just tuck it in.
01:47Buzzfeed and Vulture both reported that the SNL writers actually pulled a trick to get them to break
01:52by changing the lines between dress rehearsal and the show.
01:56Tevious.
01:57While some called it peak TV chaos, comedy purists weren't so happy.
02:03Tweeting,
02:04John Mulaney used to do this to Bill Hader on Weekend Update, but it was actually funny.
02:09Ouch.
02:09That's a reference to their legendary Stefan bit.
02:12Another tweeted,
02:13I couldn't believe how much she was breaking.
02:16Actually made it less funny in this case, in my opinion.
02:20Usually breaking makes me laugh.
02:21I was trying to hear the jokes.
02:23Meanwhile in the cold open,
02:25Ashley Padilla kept her cool as ex-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem,
02:30who joked she didn't get fired by Trump.
02:32She self-deported.
02:34Ashley is the breakout star of season 51.
02:37Fans are keeping an eye on her.
02:39Elsewhere in the show, Ryan played a cyclops,
02:42an actor in a hilariously dark drug commercial,
02:45and a magical baker.
02:47His goofy characters mixed with his signature dry delivery has made him a fan favorite.
02:53Two years ago, his and Mikey Day's insane looking turn as MTV's Beavis and Butthead went viral.
02:59So despite a few crack-ups and a distracting Brit in the front row,
03:03Ryan wasn't afraid to go for broke this time and brought the star power.
03:06This comes just a few days after his viral Jeopardy appearance.
03:10Take a look.
03:11Well done, Ryan.
03:12What did you wager?
03:13Everything.
03:14You double your score to 51,200.
03:16Ryan Gosling, congratulations.
03:18What a Hail Mary from our champion, Ryan Gosling.
03:22Wow.
03:23It fooled a lot of fans.
03:24Turns out it was a clever PR stunt for Ryan's new sci-fi space movie,
03:29Project Hail Mary, in theaters March 20th.
03:33Proof that when a guy with this much charisma shoots for the moon, he usually nails it.
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