Jimmy Fallon just became the unexpected star – and puppet master – of the latest episode of Saturday Night Live UK.
Actress and host Nicola Coughlan was delivering her opening monologue of this week’s episode on Sky One, joking she had consumed “a staggering amount of cocaine” to get into her SNL character, as the crazy sketch began.
“It’s an honor to be hosting,” she said. “It sort of feels like I manifested it somehow — it’s almost like this place is like magic.” Just at that moment, American talk show host and former SNL cast member Fallon sprung out and shouted, “That’s because it is!” as the crowd erupted and the energy got wild.
“It’s SNL royalty Jimmy Fallon,” the ‘shocked’ Coughlan stammered, before Fallon encouraged her into a madcap, energetic walkthrough of the entire studio set to prove the power of the SNL host.
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