SNL gets serious: The show abandons the traditional cold open for a touching performance of the Ukrainian national anthem: Host John Muleini plays jokes about the rehabilitation and birth of a baby with Olivia Mann … but does not mention the wife who dumped
- The show presented a performance of the Ukrainian choir Dumka from New York, performing the Ukrainian national anthem
- The song comes from a 19th-century Ukrainian poem entitled “Ukraine Is Not Dead Yet”
- After the touching performance, the show unveiled a set of candles in the form of the word “Kiev”, referring to the Ukrainian capital, which is currently under siege.
- Actors Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong ended the show with the traditional proclamation of “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night.”
Saturday night live passed without its famous cold opening before tonight’s Russian show invasion of Ukraine tonight.
Instead, the show featured a performance by the Ukrainian choir Dumka from New York, performing the Ukrainian national anthem.
The song comes from a 19th-century Ukrainian poem entitled “Ukraine Is Not Dead Yet.”
After the touching performance, the show revealed a set of candles in the form of the word “Kiev”, referring to the Ukrainian capital, which is currently under siege.
Actors Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong ended the show with the traditional proclamation of “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night.”
The cold opening of Saturday Night Live on February 26, 2022 includes a Ukrainian choir with members Kate McKinnon (front left) and Cecily Strong
The show presented a performance of the Ukrainian choir Dumka from New York, performing the Ukrainian national anthem
After the touching performance, the show unveiled a set of candles in the form of the word “Kiev”, referring to the Ukrainian capital, which is currently under siege.
Comedian John Mulani, a former SNL writer, then returned as host for the fifth time and wrote a monologue mentioning his newfound sobriety and new son with actress Olivia Mann.
Mulani and Mann reunited after Mulani’s rehabilitation and have had a son named Malcolm ever since.
The headliner of the arena did not mention his ex-wife Anamari Tendler.
Mulani mentioned his stay in rehabilitation, where he had to delete and block all his drug dealers. Arriving at one of them, he discovers that he is not a drug dealer at all, but just an artist, whom Mulani constantly wants drugs.
“All the time, drug dealers are turning an innocent person into a drug addict. “Maybe I’m the first drug addict to turn an innocent person into a drug dealer,” he said.
In general, Mulani said: “Life is much better and happier now. I have a 12-week-old son. I’m very excited. ‘
John Mulani gives his monologue on Saturday Night Live
Mulani and son Malcolm in this photo from the story of his girlfriend Olivia Mann on Instagram
Mulani left his ex-wife Anamari Tendler at the end of 2020
Olivia Munn and Mulani, along with their son Malcolm, have a meeting with Henry Golding and his wife
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