Kristen Wiig Welcomed to SNL Five-Timers Club By Ryan Gosling, Paul Rudd

It was an enormous evening for Kristen Wiig on Saturday Night time Dwell as she joined the 5-Timers Membership. Nonetheless, she was welcomed into the elite group by a bunch of largely Non-5-Timers Membership members.

The actress and comic kicked off her monologue, saying, “I’m so comfortable to be again, and I’m so excited as a result of it’s my fifth time internet hosting. So I’m formally within the 5-Timers Membership!”

She then took a second to acknowledge the sketch comedy present’s band, however shortly after, that’s when the superstar cameos began, starting with Paul Rudd, who beforehand joined the membership in 2021.

“I additionally heard a rumor that you simply may be doing a kind of five-timer sketches that includes superior superstar cameos,” Rudd mentioned after popping up within the Studio 8H viewers. “So, is there like a script or one thing I may take a look at for that?” However sadly, Wiig knowledgeable the actor that she wasn’t planning on doing a kind of skits.

Nonetheless, that didn’t essentially appear true because the superstar appearances continued, subsequent with Matt Damon who stood up within the viewers sporting a 5-Timers jacket, though he has solely hosted SNL twice.

“Properly, first off, huge fan. I simply need you to know I grew up watching you on SNL,” the actor jokingly instructed Wiig earlier than she questioned why he was sporting a jacket. “Lorne [Michaels] mentioned the primary time I hosted was so good, it accounted for 3, after which the second time not fairly pretty much as good, that solely counted for 2,” Damon added. “However by my math, that’s 5, child.”

Wiig famous that it “doesn’t actually appear truthful,” as she earned the jacket by truly internet hosting 5 instances. She proceeded to ask the SNL creator, “Doesn’t this jacket have any that means anymore?”

The digital camera then lower to Michaels standing with Jon Hamm, Martin Quick, Fred Armisen and Will Forte, all sporting 5-Timers Membership jackets. Wiig requested why they had been getting jackets if “none of you’ve gotten even hosted 5 instances.”

“However collectively, we hosted 5 instances,” Forte defined earlier than Rudd jumped in, quipping, “Candy, so we’re doing a five-timer sketch.”

Wiig trying dissatisfied, requested, “What’s going on right here? I imply, I used to be actually enthusiastic about being within the 5-Timers Membership, however now it simply looks as if, I don’t know, it’s not even that particular.”

Later through the monologue, after Wiig was serenaded by her fellow actors, Ryan Gosling — who is ready to host the comedy present subsequent week — made a visitor look sporting a jacket, though he’s additionally not within the elite membership. When the Barbie star double-checked with Michaels if he was OK to be sporting the untimely 5-Timers jacket, the SNL creator signaled for him to not fear about it.

As Wiig continued to look confused, Gosling lastly gave the actress her personal 5-Timers jacket.

The star-studded group of former SNL hosts continued to make appearances throughout different skits all through the evening, together with a retirement social gathering sketch, a Sixties workplace tradition parody and extra. Raye was additionally the newest present’s musical visitor.

SNL‘s chilly open centered on the March Insanity mania, notably the ladies’s event forward of the Nationwide Championship recreation on Sunday. The present’s parody featured TBS’ NCAA basketball crew of Ernie Johnson (James Austin Johnson), Kenny Smith (Devon Walker) and Charles Barkley (Kenan Thompson), in addition to an look by LSU coach Kim Mulkey (Heidi Gardner).

The 5-Timers Membership is made up of those that have hosted the sketch comedy present 5 or extra instances.