Emma Stone became the youngest member of Saturday Night Live’s Five-Timers Club this weekend as she hosted the show for the fifth time in 13 years. And while she didn’t quite get the star-studded reception that John Mulaney did last year, she was given a very special reception during her monologue on SNL’s “Herstory.”
First, Stone pointed out that she practically grew up on the show, first hosting in her early twenties before meeting her husband on the show.
“I know he’s pretty camera shy, he’s not a performer, but it’s such a special night for us, I would love for the cameras to point at him if that’s okay,” the actress said. But instead of featuring her real-life husband, writer-director Dave McCary, Lorne Michaels appeared on screen. “I love you so much, darling,” she added.
From then on, Stone joined Tina Fey and then Candice Bergen on stage, two of only five other women to achieve the same feat. Bergen told her about the special “women’s section” she set up in the clubhouse a few years ago.
“It has everything,” Bergen said. “Showers, a changing room, a large portrait with eyes cut out for Martin Short to look in.” And later: “The women’s section started out as a small, quiet place to cry. But over the years it became a big, luxurious place to cry.”
When they finally welcomed Stone to SNL “herstory” and gave her a Five Timers jacket, Stone reached into his pocket and immediately found a joint.
“Oh, that must be Woody Harrelson’s jacket,” Bergen joked, before Stone also pulled out a vaccination card.
“Then it’s definitely not Woody’s,” Fey quipped, referencing Harrelson’s controversial (and notably cameo-forgoing) monologue when he hosted for the fifth time last February.