Glen Powell used his Saturday Evening Reside debut to settle a four-year-old rating with a UPS driver.
The Chad Powers actor, 37, revealed throughout his monologue on Saturday, November 15, that he was initially alleged to make his SNL internet hosting debut in December 2021 to advertise Prime Gun: Maverick. Sadly, the reserving was cancelled when the Prime Gun sequel was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic — and Paul Rudd was introduced in to host that 12 months’s SNL Christmas episode as an alternative.
On the time, Powell was particularly upset to have misplaced the Saturday Evening Reside internet hosting gig as a result of he’d already advised a UPS driver about it.
“After I received the decision [to host SNL], I used to be on a porch with my household and we simply all misplaced our minds,” Powell remembered. “We had been leaping up and down, celebrating. A UPS driver occurred to be delivering a package deal at that very same second.”
Powell inspired the supply driver to “tune in” for the Christmas episode and even took a selfie with him to have fun.
“My dream received taken away,” the actor defined. “Prime Gun received delayed due to COVID so SNL needed to take their supply again. [Producer] Lorne Michaels referred to as me and stated — these are his phrases — ‘With out Prime Gun, nobody will know who the F you might be!’”
He admitted that it bothered him for the previous 4 years that “this UPS driver was simply going round saying Glen Powell is a liar.” When SNL lastly rebooked Powell to host the present, the actor enlisted his sisters to assist him discover the UPS driver.
“My sisters tracked him down as a result of the ladies in my household are terrifying,” he confirmed. “They discovered the cell variety of this UPS man. His title is Mitch. So, to show to Mitch that I’m not a liar, I flew him all the way in which to New York — [in] coach as a result of I don’t understand how Operating Man goes to do but. … He thought it was a rip-off however he nonetheless got here!”
Glenn Powell takes a selfie with Mitch on ‘Saturday Evening Reside’ Courtesy YouTube/NBC
The digicam then reduce to Mitch within the entrance row of Studio 8H, as Powell requested the viewers to “give it up for Mitch the UPS man.” He then introduced Mitch on stage to recreate their unique selfie to deliver their story “full circle.”
“If I’ve discovered something, it’s that the perfect issues in life don’t occur in a single day,” Powell advised viewers. “And nobody is aware of that higher than UPS.”
Prior to creating his debut on the sketch comedy collection, Powell revealed to Individuals that it was a lifelong dream to look on Saturday Evening Reside.
“I’m so excited,” Powell. “Internet hosting SNL has been a factor I’ve wished to do my total life.”
He continued, “It’s a extremely fantastic second when your childhood goals get to come back true. I’ve been ready to be on that stage for so long as I can keep in mind.”
Saturday’s episode additionally noticed Powell crew up with former SNL solid member Will Forte for a brand new collection of MacGruber sketches, plus musical visitor Olivia Dean carried out her hits “Man I Want” and “Let Alone the One You Love.”
Saturday Evening Reside’s subsequent new episode airs Saturday, December 6, on NBC at 11:30p.m. ET with visitor host Melissa McCarthy and musical visitor Dijon. Traditional episodes can be found to look at anytime on Peacock.
