Here’s Everything Adele Did as SNL’s Host

Adele hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time this weekend, returning to the show on October 24 for the first time since she performed in 2015. H.E.R. was the show’s musical guest, performing her new songs “Damage” and “Hold On.” Watch clips below.

After an opening sketch recapping Thursday’s presidential debate, Adele began her monologue by crediting SNL with her breakthrough in the United States: She made her debut on the show in 2012, on an episode featuring Tina Fey as Sarah Palin. She also joked about needing a giant swear jar, and said that she’s not done with a new album yet.

In her first sketch, the singer played a woman visiting a psychic named Madame Vivelda (Kate McKinnon) in 2019. Madame Vivelda makes predictions about the outrageous realities of the upcoming year, including the fact that there will be “no concerts in 2020.”

In this sketch, Adele plays a ghost inhabiting a haunted mansion. When a very unafraid man named Chad (Pete Davidson) stumbles upon her manor, she tries to persuade him to avenge her murder.

Adele appeared as herself (and a contestant) in a sketch spoofing The Bachelor. During the sketch, Adele kept bursting into her hit songs, much to the annoyance of the other contestants. She sang parts of “Someone Like You,” “When We Were Young,” “Hello,” and “Rolling in the Deep.”

Later, she played a woman making a socially distant visit to her grandmother (Maya Rudolph) alongside characters played by Davidson, Chris Redd, and Ego Nwodim. While visiting grandma, the characters have to explain their less-than-ideal situations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

During a sketch with a subtext about how white women move to Africa to have sex with African men, Adele broke character multiple times while trying to hold in laughter.

Closing the show, Adele appeared in a 1980s-style ad with Rudolph for chemically treated “Ass Angel Perfume Jeans.” The scented jeans ensure a “sweet smellin’ booty” by covering one’s “secret little lady scents.”