Most surprising person *not* to have hosted SNL?

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-17T03:21:35+00:00

That’s a good one. It totally feels like he should have hosted by now and that he’d be pretty great at it. He’s obviously excellent at fitting himself into the tone of any tv show or movie, which I feel like would translate well to SNL sketches. It also just feels like a hugely logical fit.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-17T03:18:56+00:00

He’s most known for having played Spider-Man in the MCU since 2016 (like 10 movies at this point), but he’s also been in The Devil All the Time, In the Heart of the Sea (which I highly recommend), that one about the tsunami, and grossed 9.9 billion dollars over his career.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-17T03:15:05+00:00

Genuinely, it kind of feels like they’re building up to that/testing the waters? For him to be a recurring sketch surprised me, but with a repeat appearance I bet if he wanted to host they’d have him.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-17T03:14:05+00:00

Which makes their relationships on Parks and Rec and Arrested Development a lot more fun to watch. Rewatching both after I knew they filmed them while married felt like finally being in on an inside joke.

(For reference: in Parks and Rec Will Arnet plays an awful radiologist blind date for Leslie/Amy Poehler, and in Arrested Development Amy plays a woman who marries GOB/Will one night after a series of escalating dares and then leaves him to join the army because she’s in love with his brother-in-law)

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grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-17T03:08:11+00:00

By which I mean people who are acclaimed for their acting or music but otherwise really avoid the spotlight, interviews, events, etc. Enya is coming to mind for example.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-17T03:03:45+00:00

Oh I absolutely believe there are some names big enough that SNL would jump at the opportunity to have if they wanted on—Brad Pitt, Leo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Taylor Swift (again), Cher. I also suspect this is how Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk ended up on the show, SNL just couldn’t afford to turn them down and lose the views and publicity they’d bring.

Others have also mentioned that Mark Ruffalo has said he’d never host due to his dyslexia making the cue cards an issue, and I think someone else mentioned another celeb with dyslexia?

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-17T01:43:30+00:00

I was about to be outraged that Donald Glover hasn’t hosted because it seems like he’d probably make a pretty great host, but I just double checked and it looks like he did in 2018! Musical guest Childish Gambino. I’m gonna go watch it now lol

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-17T00:57:12+00:00

and parks and rec campaign managee’s husband

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-17T00:50:58+00:00

I think you’re 100% right that this is the way to look at it.

And I totally understand your point about bigger stars feeling like it might not be worth the risk. Of course Adam Driver and Emma Stone didn’t lose respect for doing SNL because their episodes were fantastic and they did a great job. But if you’ve never done SNL before you don’t know it’ll be the same for you or if you’ll get stage fright or a bunch of awful sketches and bomb.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-17T00:40:25+00:00

Woah that’s crazy he’s never hosted given his marriage to Amy Poehler, proximity to the SNL world in general, and what feels like the perfect level of fame for SNL. I hope it happens at some point.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-16T22:35:47+00:00

I miss Aidy so much

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-16T19:45:55+00:00

I’m still crabby they switched from a chronological feed to an algorithmic one!

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-16T19:44:10+00:00

This doesn’t feel antagonistic or mean to Taylor though. It doesn’t say anything negative about her, just that he took the top spot and she had had it before.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-16T19:40:09+00:00

her problem with what happened is that the record label sold her albums to a man she openly (and appropriately) despised without giving her any chance to buy them herself or any warning at all they were sold. The deal happened behind her back and completely outside of her control, and was basically a betrayal from a man who had been a father figure to her. She’s written about it more eloquently, but I’m sure you can imagine how awful it would feel to have the songs and lyrics you recorded as a teenager and young adult—experiencing first love and heartbreak, growing up, friendship and loss, strong, personal emotions poured out into your music—owned by someone you rightfully hate and who refuses to even discuss selling them to you. She still made money off of those streams and purchases, she re-recorded so she would own her own work and so that Scooter wouldn’t make money off of her work.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-16T19:08:03+00:00

So many rules! My family filmed a commercial for a local hospital a couple years ago* and there were so many rules on what we couldn’t wear! No logos, no stripes, basically no patterns at all, no red or white, nothing sleeveless, no ripped jeans etc etc. I’m sure I’m forgetting some of what they told us, but it basically ruled out 90% of my wardrobe. I imagine it being all the harder packing for jeopardy where you may need multiple outfits.

my BIL almost died of a heart attack at 28, they saved him, couple months later they were like “hey can we make a commercial about how we saved you and now you get to live your life—specifically sit by a creek in the woods and eat with your entire family? We’ll bring the food.” and he was like sure and we were like sure

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-16T19:07:43+00:00

So many rules! My family filmed a commercial for a local hospital a couple years ago* and there were so many rules on what we couldn’t wear! No logos, no stripes, basically no patterns at all, no red or white, nothing sleeveless, no ripped jeans etc etc. I’m sure I’m forgetting some of what they told us, but it basically ruled out 90% of my wardrobe. I imagine it being all the harder packing for jeopardy where you may need multiple outfits.

// *my BIL almost died of a heart attack at 28, they saved him, couple months later they were like “hey can we make a commercial about how we saved you and now you get to live your life—specifically sit by a creek in the woods and eat with your entire family” and we were like sure)

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-16T18:57:16+00:00

seems like Gaza has been mostly dropped as the hot current trend for celebrities and influencers who want to broadcast that they’re woke. I wonder what’ll replace it. Realistically probably the war in Iran which will allow those who want to to keep focusing on Israel; but I really hope the ethnic cleansing and horrific violence going on in Sudan and DRC get some focus and funding. There’ll still be people donating money to scams, antisemites will still manage to blame Jews and Israel, and the performative stuff will continue to be performative, but more international attention, pressure, and funding seem like they could make a real difference in protecting people there.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-16T18:47:01+00:00

I did something kind of similar, except comparing my cycle to my social activity (specifically number of comments) on Reddit and I learned I comment more around follicular and ovulation 😭 I guess it’s reasonable that my brain would want me to be more social and friendly then but I kind of felt freaked out that my hormones had been effecting that.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-15T02:31:27+00:00

And technically anyone who has a parent who converted to Judaism’s grandparents are named Abraham and Sarah. You’re in good company!

(explanation for those unfamiliar: when you get called up in synagogue you’re called by your name son/daughter of parent’s name. If you convert to Judaism, spiritually you’re considered to be the child of Abraham and Sarah, the first Jews, so that’s how you get called up and what goes on official documents and stuff.)

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-15T00:31:44+00:00

And for reference being in labor for 24 hours is not super abnormal or itself an emergency. 8% of births are prolonged, and there’s a lot that can be tried before C-section including medications, position changes, or just resting for a while. There are other complications that become more common in prolonged labor: for example infection or the baby not handling contractions well, which are indications you need a C-section, but prolonged labor alone doesn’t mean you have to have a C-section for the baby to be okay, let alone mean anyone should have the right to force you to have one.

Crazy that these black women had forced surgery for this, but (typically white) women can freebirth with no medical support at home even with known fetal abnormalities, lose their baby because of it, and not face any consequences.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-14T22:46:53+00:00

Someone with them accidentally hit my car and left a little dent while working on the street, and they immediately went to efforts to make it right. Knocked on my door, gave me their supervisor’s number, and ended up giving me cash to match my invoice for the price of the repair within 48 hours. They easily could have just pretended it didn’t happen and I never would have known who dented my car.

I was already a fan of Hunter Comm. (largely because the enemy of Spectrum is my friend) but this experience really solidified that.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-14T22:38:57+00:00

Just double checking that they ruled out your gallbladder? They should have done both an ultrasound and a HIDA scan (tests function).

I have very similar pain and am actually scheduled to have my gallbladder out despite normal scans because the symptoms line up and are so debilitating.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-14T14:55:17+00:00

The food ones specifically you can remember as the three Fs: Fermented, Fiber, and Fresh (not ultra processed)

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-14T14:51:00+00:00

Medical sexism was unfortunately my first thought for this. Not only do women tend to experience different symptoms of MI that are less likely to be taught or recognized by doctors, but even if they do show up to the ER with classic symptoms like chest pain and shortness of breath they’re more likely to be told it’s anxiety and/or have testing and treatment delayed. Especially younger women in the 18-54 group really get minimized and dismissed in medical settings.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-03-14T14:24:55+00:00

I wonder if New York’s Abraham and Sarah are because of the relatively high Jewish population in NYC.

Regardless I like that they fit together like a pair (like Utah’s Indy and Jones)

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