Molly Shannon and Ana de Armas to guest-host 'SNL'
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There will be enough girl power to go around “Saturday Night Live” with these two recently announced hosts.
Molly Shannon and Ana de Armas were just revealed to be among the hosts slated for upcoming episodes of the NBC sketch show.
The comedian, 58, will emcee on April 8 with musical guests the Jonas Brothers.
The “Blonde” star, 34, is appearing on April 15 alongside “TQG” singer Karol G.
“Abbott Elementary” star Quinta Brunson was previously unveiled as the host of the April 1 episode, with rapper Lil Yachty performing.
The hosting gig will mark de Armas’ debut on “SNL,” arriving on the heels of the actress’ Oscar nod for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe.
It won’t be the first time Shannon has stopped by Studio 8H, of course.
The “Wet Hot American Summer” alum was a cast member on “SNL” from 1995 to 2001 and also guest-hosted in April 2007.
Shannon’s most memorable “SNL” characters include Catholic schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher, Sally O’Malley and Terry Rialto.
Among Shannon’s stints as Mary Katherine was a 1996 skit that featured the late pop icon Whitney Houston — with that scene also ultimately inspiring the 1999 film “Superstar.”
Going on Howard Stern’s eponymous radio show last year, Shannon reflected on collaborating with Houston on the sketch.
Shannon explained that the iconic scene with the “Heartbreak Hotel” crooner almost didn’t happen because she was afraid that Houston would forget to show up to set.
Rosie O’Donnell was also the host of the 1996 show and Penny Marshall even made an appearance during the episode.
“Whitney was so nice. They’re like, ‘She’s not going to be in the sketch. She’s not going to do it,’” Shannon recalled to Stern, 69. “I was like, ‘She’ll do it. Let me go talk to her.’”
The skit featured two nuns (O’Donnell and Marshall) prepping their students for a choir competition. Houston played “the perfect Jennifer,” a snobby popular girl who Mary Katherine tries to “out-sing” with the holiday tunes “Little Drummer Boy” and “Sleigh Ride.”
“Sometimes I would see where they would approach the musical guest and they would have too many lines or it’s too confusing,” the “White Lotus” star added.
“And I thought, ‘They don’t want to have all of this pressure memorizing these lines.’ So I just told Whitney, ‘Look, I’m going to play the Catholic school girl. You’re going to be like a snotty girl. All you have to do is, just do whatever you want. You just have to be snotty, push in front me, out-sing me. You can say whatever you want,'” she said.
Shannon continued, “She was like, ‘OK, I’ll do it, I’ll do it!’ So that’s how I got her to do it. And that’s what I meant. I was like, ‘Don’t even look at these papers. Just have fun!’”
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