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Saturday Night Live UK has gone starry pinch its adjacent 2 hosts.
Bridgerton prima Nicola Coughlan and White Lotus actor Aimee Lou Wood will return nan reins of nan adjacent 2 eps aft nan hiatus, pinch Coughlan helming connected April 25 and Wood presenting connected May 2. They will beryllium joined by Foo Fighters and MEEK arsenic philharmonic guests respectively.
The brace are starry picks. Coughlan has gained world acclaim for her domiciled arsenic Penelope Bridgerton successful nan Netflix royal smash. Wood collapsed retired successful Sex Education, for which she won a BAFTA, and The White Lotus. They are 2 of nan astir talented young female comics retired location and some person drama chops.
Coughlan’s hosting was trailed successful a consciousness arsenic she appeared successful nan first ep alongside that week’s impermanent big Tina Fey and successful a sketch pinch George Fouracres.
Wood has a knotty history pinch SNL. She antecedently called nan American type “mean and unfunny” aft a sketch successful which Sarah Sherman made nosy of her teeth successful a White Lotus parody. Sherman later apologized.
The announcement was made this greeting but nan pair’s eps won’t aerial for different 11 days arsenic SNL UK takes a break.
The first 4 eps person gone down well, though ratings person been declining.
The first 4 hosts were Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Riz Ahmed and Jack Whitehall.
Whitehall’s ep saw SNL UK’s most American acold unfastened yet, taking purpose astatine Melania Trump, who was played by Emma Sidi successful a sketch successful which she reassured BBQers successful a borough of southbound London that she decidedly isn’t buddies pinch disgraced pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In an echo of nan First Lady’s unexpected property connection this week, Sidi mimicked: “Never person I ever been friends pinch billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.” The southbound London BBQers were confused.
Whitehall’s opening speech included jokes astir his upcoming wedding (to exemplary partner Roxy Horner), mostly lamenting nan costs and request to socialize pinch truthful galore people. “It’s for illustration readying a royal wedding,” Whitehall quipped. “The full point could beryllium ruined if my uncle turned up.”
Whitehall was joined by philharmonic impermanent Jorja Smith.
