Ryan Gosling an era is coming to an end!
On Saturday, the Barbie Star returned to the host Saturday Night Liveand he opened the show by saying goodbye to a very special character: Ken.
When the 43-year-old actor took the stage in a relaxed black suit, he knew what the audience wanted, but he wasn’t ready to give it to them just 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.”
But 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… letting go 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 lights turned pink as he reflected on his bleach-blonde hair, his rollerblades and the Kenergy that swept the nation by singing his own version of Taylor Swift’s breakup anthem “All Too Well.”
“Because I was just Ken and now I was just Ryan,” the star sang while twisting the lyrics to make it “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 life Barbie era and focus on being the stuntman from their latest film.
In a last-ditch attempt, Blunt smashed a bottle over Gosling’s head and hit him with a chair to get him to free himself from the bottle, but it didn’t work.
Gosling then reminded Blunt of her Oppenheimer Character Kitty and all the success she saw during the epic “Barbenheimer” run where both took place Barbie And Oppenheimer had simultaneous releases.
Together, Blunt and Gosling ended the monologue by saying goodbye to Kitty and Ken. Gosling blew out a Ken candle and said, “Farewell, my sweet prince.”
However, as the candle was relit, Gosling assured Blunt and the audience that “Ken will never die” before beginning the show.
Swift did not participate in the sing-along She was busy with her boyfriend Travis Kelceat the Coachella Valley Music Festival.
Meanwhile, Gosling held his own as 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 Butthead 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 at host Kristen Wiig SNL Opening monologue of the Five Timers Club.
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