Ryan Gosling an era is coming to an end!
On Saturday, the Barbie Stern returned to the host, Saturday Night Liveand he opened the show by saying goodbye to a very special character: Ken.
As the host took the stage in a relaxed black suit, he knew what the audience wanted, but he wasn’t about to give it to them…yet.
“I’m not going to joke about Ken because it’s not funny,” he said. “Ken and I, we had to break up. We went too deep into this and it’s over, so I won’t talk about it.”
Gosling couldn’t keep his word.
“I’m actually going to talk about it a little bit,” he said with a little laugh. “You know, when you play a character so hard and for so long, it just feels like… letting go feels like a breakup, and to deal with a breakup there’s only one thing that can help: the music of the great Taylor Swift.”
As Gosling took a seat at a piano, the backlights and band turned pink as he reflected on his bleached hair, his rollerblades and the Kenergy that swept the nation by singing his own version of Taylor Swift’s breakup anthem “All Too.” .”
“Because I was just Ken and now I’m just Ryan,” the 43-year-old star sang while twisting the song’s lyrics so it was “Ryan’s version.”
Before moving on to the second act of the song, Gosling was stopped by him The Guy case co-star, Emily Bluntwho tried to convince him to end his Barbie era and concentrate on being the stuntman from her latest film.
In a last ditch attempt, Blunt smashes a bottle over Gosling’s head and hits him with a chair to make him jump out, but it doesn’t work.
Soon Gosling reminds Blunt of her Oppenheimer character Kitty and all the success (or lack thereof, according to Gosling) she saw during Barbenheimer’s epic run – which saw both Barbie and Oppenheimer released at the same time.
Together, Blunt and Gosling ended the monologue by saying goodbye to Kitty and Ken. Gosling blows out a Ken candle and says, “Farewell, my sweet prince.” As the candle is relit, Gosling assures Blunt and the audience that “Ken will never die” before beginning the show.
Swift did not participate in the Sing-A-Long since She was busy with her boyfriend Travis KelceSaturday night at the Coachella Valley Music Festival.
Gosling held his own when he returned to Studio 8H. Before the show began, Gosling dropped out of the role and was joined by Kate McKinnon as they reprized the hilarious sketch “Close Encounter,” in which they play a group of people abducted by aliens.
Gosling – who plays Todd – giggled his way through the skit as they recounted their encounter with aliens. Gosling also appeared in a Beavis and Butt-Head sketch and alongside Bowen Yang as a doctor who couldn’t keep it together.
College basketball phenom Caitlin Clark also made a surprise appearance and Chris Stapleton was the musical guest. Gosling’s return is coming A week after his crash, Kristen Wiig hosted the opening monologue of the SNL Five-Timers Club.
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