Current:Home > Finance'SNL' host Adam Driver plays piano, tells Santa 'wokeness' killed Han Solo in monologue -MoneyBase
'SNL' host Adam Driver plays piano, tells Santa 'wokeness' killed Han Solo in monologue
View
Date:2025-04-15 15:12:36
Adam Driver chatted with Santa and got real about what actually killed Han Solo when he hosted “Saturday Night Live” this weekend.
The four-time host showed off some flashy keyboard skills as he took a seat at a Yamaha grand piano and greeted St. Nick with “Hey, Santa. It’s me, Adam. Driver. From the nice list and also ‘Girls.’ “
He proceeded to reel off a wish list that included “five pairs of chinos” and “one of those giant metal Tesla trucks” because he turned 40 this year. Also, “you know those TikToks, where it's like those couples who do pranks on each other? Can you kill those people?”
'SNL' sends off George Santos with song:Tina Fey welcomes Emma Stone into Five-Timers Club
But what Driver wants most of all? “I'd like people to stop coming up to me on the street saying, ‘You killed Han Solo!’ I didn’t kill Han Solo, wokeness killed Han Solo.”
Controversially, Driver’s “Star Wars” villain Kylo Ren offs (spoiler alert!) Solo, his father, in 2015’s “The Force Awakens.”
Adam Driver hawks lewd chocolate for Christmas, plays an unhappy airplane baby on 'SNL'
Later in the show, Driver played Dean Delaney, a handsy but clueless chocolatier who unwraps a phallic Santa chocolate figure during a “squeal deal” gift-guide segment on a live television, much to Heidi Gardner and Mikey Day’s horror. Other sketches cast Driver as a sex offender thrilled to have a beer with an unknowing childhood friend (Day), half of a gay couple (with Bowen Yang) trying to conceive a baby and a talking (and screaming) baby taking his first flight.
Surprise! Julia Stiles cameos on 'SNL' with Chloe Fineman for 'Save the Last Dance'
The night’s big surprise was a cameo by Julia Stiles, who joined Chloe Fineman during “Weekend Update.” The pair re-created Stiles' routine from 2001’s “Save the Last Dance,” in which her dance wins her admission to Juilliard, the famous New York performing arts school. Clad in matching black leotards, parachute pants and sleek buns, the pair mirrored each other’s movements and shared a fist bump.
What did Olivia Rodrigo sing on 'SNL'?
Olivia Rodrigo was the show’s musical guest, performing “Vampire” and “All-American Bitch.”
veryGood! (95)
Related
- Angelina Jolie nearly fainted making Maria Callas movie: 'My body wasn’t strong enough'
- Chelsea’s Emma Hayes expected to become US women’s soccer coach, AP source says
- Minneapolis police investigating another fire at a mosque
- Colorado football players get back some items stolen from Rose Bowl locker room
- What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
- New vehicles from Detroit’s automakers are planned in contracts that ended UAW strikes
- Why was daylight saving time started? Here's what you need to know.
- Summer House's Carl Radke Defends Decision to Call Off Wedding to Lindsay Hubbard
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- VPR's Ariana Madix Reveals the Name Tom Sandoval Called Her After Awkward BravoCon Reunion
Ranking
- Global Warming Set the Stage for Los Angeles Fires
- Lisa Vanderpump Makes Rare Comment About Kyle Richards' Separation Amid Years-Long Feud
- A nonbinary marathoner's fight to change anti-doping policy
- Trump State Department official Federico Klein sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison for assault on Capitol
- Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
- German airport closed after armed man breaches security with his car
- Singapore’s prime minister plans to step down and hand over to his deputy before the 2025 election
- Joey Votto out as Reds decline 2024 option on franchise icon's contract
Recommendation
The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
Joro spiders are an invasive species known for parachuting through the air. Here's why you shouldn't fear them.
Protest marches by thousands in Europe demand halt to Israeli bombing of Gaza, under police watch
Maine mass shooter was alive for most of massive 2-day search, autopsy suggests
What to know about Tuesday’s US House primaries to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz
Reneé Rapp duets with Kesha, shows off powerhouse voice at stunning New York concert
Families of Israel hostages fear the world will forget. So they’re traveling to be living reminders
Best of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction from Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott and Willie