Throughout the early days of the 2024 TV schedule, Sydney Sweeney hosted an episode of SNL’s forty ninth Season. This gig got here proper as her movie Immaculate was popping out and on the heels of a profitable, but rumor-filled, 12 months. So, in her monologue on the sketch present, she determined to deal with all of it in a approach that made some folks “just a little nervous.” Nevertheless, she completely “cherished” poking enjoyable at her superstar standing.
Sydney Sweeney was a part of Self-importance Honest’s Hollywood Challenge, and through her interview for it, she was requested about Saturday Evening Dwell. Throughout her monologue, she addressed a ton of the headlines written about her during the last 12 months, and I’ve to think about doing that’s nerve-wracking. It seems, it was for these round her. Nevertheless, she was right here for all of it, as she defined:
I cherished it. I truly needed to push for lots of it. Some folks had been just a little nervous about it, however in actual life, I’d prefer to say I’m a humorous individual. And generally I want that I might deal with extra [things with] my ‘Syd’ self, however I discover that with social media there’s such a lapse in how issues are communicated. It’s arduous to get issues throughout in the way in which that you just intend to—they are often misconstrued. So with the ability to do it onstage in very Syd style, I cherished it. I felt like I used to be taking the facility again.
The monologue opened with Sweeney saying folks seemingly acknowledge her from the critically acclaimed Euphoria and the sneaky field workplace success Anybody However You, which was adopted by her joking that they didn’t see her within the brutally reviewed Madame Net. She then defined that she was excited for “everybody to get to know the actual me,” poking enjoyable on the numerous issues she’s executed many instances in tasks like Euphoria:
However tonight I’m excited for everybody to get to know the actual me. I really feel like folks solely see me because the woman on TV who screams, cries and has intercourse – generally, it’s all three on the identical time. However I’m greater than that.
On prime of that, she joked concerning the viral information relating to a Trump occasion and her plan to get into performing, humorously noting that her Plan B was to “present boobs.” Sweeney even addressed the viral claims that she was having an affair with Glen Powell. She really received into all of it, and it was executed in a humorous and self-aware approach, as you may see beneath:
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Actually, she didn’t maintain again, and I can see why her crew was nervous. Usually, celebrities don’t say a lot straight about rumors they’re concerned in. Nevertheless, I really like that Sydney Sweeney actually leaned into all of it. Plus, I completely agree together with her that doing this was a approach for her to take her energy again whereas displaying off her real humorousness.
General, it actually felt just like the actress was having a ton of enjoyable on that stage, and her humorousness received to shine. It’s additionally on-brand too, as a result of this isn’t the primary time she’s poked enjoyable at herself and her picture particularly. For instance, final month she used her humorousness, attractive seems to be and standing as a intercourse image to do a hilarious advert for Dr. Squatch Pure Physique Wash.
On a extra severe observe, it looks as if Sweeney all the time finds a optimistic spin on the feedback she receives about her physique and her work, and it’s one of many the reason why I like her.
Now, I can’t wait to see what she does subsequent – and right here’s hoping that features a enjoyable comedy or one other episode of SNL!