Elon Muskis promising to be on his best behavior — well, sort of.
On Thursday,Saturday Night Livereleased a newteaser clipahead of the Tesla CEO’s hosting gig of the late-night comedy sketch series, where he promises to be “good-ish” come Saturday evening.
Seen standing betweenSNLcast member Cecily Strong andMiley Cyrus, who will be performing as the musical guest, Musk, 49, jokes through a bandana face covering, “I’m a wildcard, so there’s no telling what I might do,” before Cyrus, 28, quips, “Same here! Rules? No thanks.”
Strong, 37, then reminds the duo that it’s alsoSNL’sMother’s Day episode, so their moms will be in attendance. “Forget what I said,” Cyrus groans, as Musk rolls his eyes and exclaims, “Fine! We’ll be good-ish.”
In a second scene from the short promo, Cyrus asks Musk what he’s been up to lately, which prompts him to share that he “did asuccessful rocket launchthis week.” Sarcastically responding to Musk, Strong says, “Wow, well, I did my laundry,” before she backtracks and says, “Actually no, I didn’t.”
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Days ahead of his hosting spot, Musk spoke toPage Sixabout the upcoming gig on Tuesday night after enjoying dinner at II Gattopardo withSNLproducers and cast membersPete Davidson,Colin Jost, Kenan Thompson, Chris Redd, Ego Nwodim and Chloe Fineman.
“[The]SNLcast and writers have been awesome so far,” Musk told the outlet.
Michael Che, a “Weekend Update” co-anchor onSNL,recently appeared onThe Ellen DeGeneres Showand said that Musk’s hosting role is “going to be interesting.”
“It’s cool that people care about who’s on the show, you know? I think, like, that’s what makes it kind of cool,” said Che, 37. “The show’s on 46 years and people still care about who’s being booked. Ithink that’s kind of dope.”
Davidson, 27, also publicly reacted to news of Musk’s hosting,telling Seth Meyerson Tuesday night, “I don’t know why people are freaking out.”
“They’re like, ‘Oh I can’t believe that Elon Musk is hosting!’ And I’m like, the guy that makes the earth better, kind of and makes cool things and sends people to Mars,” the comedian said. “I’m really excited, man. I’m gonna ask him for like a Tesla or some s—.”
Saturday Night Livewill return on May 8 and air live at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
source: people.com
