Miley Cyrus gives a shoutout to her godmother Dolly Parton while appearing with mom Tish as she opens a Mother’s Day edition of Saturday Night Live with a song
Miley Cyrus paid tribute to her godmother Dolly Parton when she opened Saturday Night Live with a stirring rendition of her classic Light Of A Clear Blue Morning in honor of Mother’s Day.
The 28-year-old pop star flexed her smoky vocals for the heartfelt ballad, which was paused periodically for the entire SNL cast to bring out their own mothers for some cute wisecracks.
Miley capped off the performance with her mother Tish Cyrus by her side as the rest of the cast and their mom’s swayed with her ahead of Elon Musk’s monologue as the evening’s host.
Happy Mother’s Day! Miley Cyrus, 28 opened Saturday Night Live by singing her godmother Dolly Parton’s classic Light Of A Clear Blue Morning while the cast appeared with their moms
Despite the sweet nature of the opening segment, Miley was as risqué as ever in a white button-up shirt with breast-like padding over her chest, which she wore with a thick black belt around her midriff.
She sported the spiky mullet she’s worn in recent months, though it had grown long enough for her to tie the back into a ponytail.
Kate McKinnon was the first cast member to arrive with her mother, who joked that she wanted her to perform the popular Mary Katherine Gallagher character, even though that was a fixture of long-departed performer Molly Shannon.
Still, Kate gave in and shouted ‘Mother’s Day’ while assuming the same pose Shannon did for ‘Superstar!’
Racy: Despite the sweet nature of the opening, Miley was as risqué as ever in a white shirt with breast-shaped padding, which she wore with a thick black belt around her midriff
Close enough: Kate McKinnon’s mom confused her daughter with Molly Shannon’s Mary Katherine Gallagher character, but she still obliged her by doing the pose
Aidy Bryant’s lookalike mother just took her spot as an opportunity to plug season three of her daughter’s other show, Shrill.
Kyle Mooney’s mother joked that she wanted two presents to make up for Mother’s Day 2020, though Kyle hoped flying her out to New York was enough of a gift.
Beck Bennett’s mother said she was so proud of him and his brothers.
‘Okay, but can tonight be about me?’ he replied slyly.
Mikey Day was touched when his mother said she couldn’t wait to give him a hug — until he realized she was actually referring to Beck.
Promo: Aidy Bryant’s lookalike mother just took her spot as an opportunity to plug season three of her daughter’s other show, Shrill.
Double trouble: Kyle Mooney’s mother joked that she wanted two presents to make up for Mother’s Day 2020, though Kyle hoped flying her out to New York was enough of a gift
Chris Redd’s mother looked happy to see him after so long, until she jokingly revealed they hadn’t been playing it very safe amid the pandemic.
‘I haven’t seen you since Thanksgiving. And Christmas. And our big Spring Break in Miami,’ she said in deadpan as Chris tried to pull her off stage.
Heidi Gardner was happy to see her nearly identical-looking mother, only to find that ‘they didn’t write me a joke.’
Kenan Thompson and his mother showed off their best reaction shots.
Melissa Villaseñor showed off her skill with impressions when she copied her mother’s voice flawlessly, though her mom didn’t hear the resemblance.
‘Who was that? That one needs work,’ she said.
Keeping it clean: Bowen Yang’s mom tried to wipe hand sanitizer on his face after giving him a kiss on the cheek
Close call: Colin Jost’s mother had some index cards that Michael Che gave her to read on national TV, but her son stopped her just before she got their entire family canceled
Having a laugh: Ego Nwodim and her mother poked fun at stereotypes of Nigerian parents when her mom said she was proud of her, but she’d be even prouder if she’d been a doctor instead
Chloe Fineman’s mom joked that it was ‘awkward’ that her daughter said she was her best friend, while Bowen Yang’s mom tried to wipe hand sanitizer on his face after giving him a kiss on the cheek.
Ego Nwodim and her mother poked fun at stereotypes of Nigerian parents when her mom said she was proud of her, but she’d be even prouder if she’d been a doctor instead.
Colin Jost’s mother had some index cards that Michael Che gave her to read on national TV, but her son stopped her just before she got their entire family canceled.
Cecily Strong ended the segment when she was too overwhelmed with emotion to say her joke, which left Heidi to ask if she could say it instead to make up for hers.
The cast members and their mothers surround Miley for the rest of her song before she wished her godmother Dolly and her mother Tish a happy early Mother’s Day.
Taking over: Cecily Strong ended the segment when she was too overwhelmed with emotion to say her joke, which left Heidi to ask if she could say it instead to make up for hers
The whole gang: All the castr members and their mothers surrounded Miley as she finished her song
Bonding: She gave a quick shoutout to her godmother Dolly Parton and her mother Tish Cyrus, who stood next to her
The show included a hilarious parody of dark crime shows, most recently HBO’s Mare Of Easttown, with Kate McKinnon and Alex Moffat playing detectives.
Kate was the lead detective with ‘a very specific accent, which lead her to pronounce daughter as ‘dirter.’
‘You’ve seen dead teens in New York, Chicago and Boston, but what about another city with very specific whites, Pennsylvania whites,’ intoned the narrator sinisterly over images of dying steel mill towns.
The trailer advertised the show as ‘starring an actress with a messy ponytail that says “Forget I’m actually British.”‘
Kate also joked that everyone in her precinct was related to her in some way to underscore the fake show’s small-town nature.
Spot on: The show included a hilarious parody of dark crime shows, most recently HBO’s Mare Of Easttown, with Kate McKinnon and Alex Moffat playing detectives
Pennsylvania style: Kate was the lead detective with ‘a very specific accent, which lead her to pronounce daughter as ‘durdur’
It takes two: Miley made her first musical appearance afterward with the singer and rapper The Kid Laroi to perform their duet Without You
Blue mood: She wore a furry blue coat that fell down onto her arms, with a shredded black tank top underneath and ripped jeans
Miley made her first musical appearance afterward with the singer and rapper The Kid Laroi to perform their duet Without You.
She wore a furry blue coat that fell down onto her arms, with a shredded black tank top underneath and ripped jeans.
She opened by belting out the song’s chorus, before the Australian rapper took over.
They kept the stage show to a minimum and just sang in front of their band, while twinkle lights were projected onto them.
During Weekend Update, Ego Nwodim made a hilarious appearance as Pauline, a Weary Mother in Her Darkest Hour, who had just gone to the reopened Disney World with her children.
Belting: She opened by belting out the song’s chorus, before the Australian rapper took over
Minimal: They kept the stage show to a minimum and just sang in front of their band
She wasn’t amused when Michael Che asked her about the trip.
‘The happiest place on Earth? For who? I am not happy. I am tired,’ she said wearily.
‘I stood in line for two hours on Splash Mountain so I could sit my haggard a** in a log flume, only for the log flume to break down,’ she complained
‘I don’t get to break down, I just keep on getting my back blown out,’ with Michael suggesting ‘that sounds like a very different thing.’
She complained about men no longer finding her appealing since she was constantly worn out. ‘Men used to buy me appetizers. Multiple appetizers!’
Dark days: During Weekend Update, Ego Nwodim appeared as Pauline, a Weary Mother in Her Darkest Hour, who had just gone to the reopened Disney World with her children
‘The happiest place on Earth? For who? I am not happy. I am tired,’ she said wearily, describing how she got stuck on Splash Mountain
She ended the skit by revealing that her children where actually Che’s as well.
Guest star: Kyle Mooney returned afterword dressed as Baby Yoda from Disney+’s The Mandalorian. He joked that Star Wars fans were all nerds and revealed how he spent May the Fourth
Too cool for school: ‘I smoked weed and took pills ‘cause I’m not a nerd!’ he joked. He also sported oddly muscular tiny arms from starting MMA practice with ‘Jake and Logan Paul’
Kyle Mooney returned afterword dressed as Baby Yoda from Disney+’s The Mandalorian.
He joked that Star Wars fans were all nerds and revealed how he spent May the Fourth.
‘I smoked weed and took pills ‘cause I’m not a nerd!’ he joked.
He also sported oddly muscular tiny arms.
‘I’ve been hitting the gym, getting my sets in,’ he continued, adding that he was training for MMA fights with Jake and Logan Paul and ‘taking a significant amount of performance-enhancing drugs.’
Tense: Miley made her sole appearance in a sketch during the night in a pre-taped sketch featuring Elon Musk as himself leading a control room on Earth as his Mars colony was in danger of running out of oxygen
Sacrifice: Pete Davidson’s Chad character was there with his ‘OK’ catchphrase to save the day on a suicide mission
Miley made her sole appearance in a sketch during the night in a pre-taped sketch featuring Elon Musk as himself leading a control room on Earth as his Mars colony was in danger of running out of oxygen.
Someone on the colony would have to go outside to fix the oxygen valves, but they would surely perish from the high radiation.
Luckily, Pete Davidson’s popular Chad character was there to volunteer.
‘Chad, I want you to know you won’t survive this mission,’ Elon dramatically intones to Chad, who replies with his trademark, ‘OK.’
Oh well: ‘Chad, I want you to know you won’t survive this mission,’ Elon dramatically intones to Chad, who replies with his trademark, ‘OK.’
‘OK’: Miley plays another member of the base who tells chad she loves him
Yikes: He instantly strips down after she suggests having sex, but he puts his suit back on when she says she’s pregnant with his baby
Miley played another member of the Mars colony who had a previous relationship with Chad and wishes him well.
‘God, I wish we could make love just one last time,’ she says, and suddenly Chad drops his space suit to reveal his (censored) nude body.
‘— But we can’t,’ she adds, and he’s instantaneously clothed again.
After she tells him that she’s pregnant and he’s going to be a father he rushes outside to certain death.
He’s able to turn the air back on, and Elon and everybody back on Earth cheers him before putting a video feed of his face on screens in metropolises across the globe.
But when Elon tells him to give them a better look at his face, Chad absentmindedly starts to take his helmet off, causing him to explode and coat the inside of his helmet in gory red jelly that gets broadcast across Earth.
Hero: He’s able to turn the air back on, and Elon and everybody back on Earth cheers him before putting a video feed of his face on screens in metropolises across the globe
Whoops: But when Elon tells him to give them a better look at his face, Chad absentmindedly starts to take his helmet off, causing him to explode and coat the inside of his helmet in gory red jelly that gets broadcast across Earth
Miley helped wrap up the show with her final musical performance of the night, this time with the title track from her November 2020 album Plastic Hearts.
The album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 album charts and was her best charting release since 2013’s Bangerz, though Black Friday distribution challenges prevented her from having any physical copies in stores on her release date.
The Hannah Montana star looked glamorous in a pink sleeveless feathered dress that shows off her tattooed arms.
Last year’s tunes: Miley helped wrap up the show with her final musical performance of the night, this time with the title track from her November 2020 album Plastic Heart
Pretty in pink: The Hannah Montana star looked glamorous in a pink sleeveless feathered dress that shows off her tattooed arms
‘First time together LiVe’: Miley posted a photo booth–style set of snapshots with her collaborator The Kid Laroi to Instagram on Saturday in anticipation of their performance later in the night
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