Forward of the 2023 Academy Awards, Saturday Evening Reside hilariously mocked the purple carpet phase of the Oscars pre-show through the iconic sketch comedy present’s chilly open on March 11.
The eight-minute skit opened with SNL‘s Marcello Hernandez and Heidi Gardner portraying Entry Hollywood hosts Mario Lopez and “Maria Menounos or Package Hoover” interviewing a variety of celebrities on the purple carpet forward of the Oscars in Hollywood.
“We’re so excited to have been standing outdoors the Dolby Theatre for nearly 153 hours,” Hernandez’s Lopez mentioned. “However it’s all price it to ask Angela Bassett if she actually did the factor.”
After referencing Will Smith slapping Chris Rock onstage throughout final yr’s Oscars, the hosts welcomed the ceremony’s new head of safety, former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson (performed by Kenan Thompson).
“This yr, to verify nothing loopy occurs, the Academy employed a brand new head of safety: notoriously calm and sane individual, Mike Tyson,” Gardner’s host mentioned.
When requested concerning the Academy Awards’ new safety measures, Thompson’s Tyson replied, “This yr, all of the nominees have been given tasers, all of the seat fillers have been given weapons and Jimmy Kimmel has been given a flamethrower.”
Subsequent up on the purple carpet was legendary actress Jamie Lee Curtis (portrayed by SNL‘s Chloe Fineman), who praised Ariana DeBose‘s show-opening musical medley on the 2023 BAFTA Awards.
“What Ariana DeBose did on the BAFTAs was enjoyable. It was by far the perfect dwell rap efficiency I’ve seen all yr. It was unimaginable,” Fineman’s Curtis mentioned.
DeBose acquired backlash on social media after performing an authentic rap in honor of the feminine nominees on the Feb. 19 awards present in London. In the course of the rap quantity, the West Facet Story star named-checked well-known actresses like Bassett, Curtis, and Viola Davis.
The ninety fifth annual Academy Awards takes place at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater on Sunday (March 12). The present, hosted by Kimmel, airs at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC.
Watch SNL‘s “Oscars Crimson Carpet Chilly Open” skit beneath. For these with out cable, the published streams on Peacock, which you’ll join on the hyperlink here. Having a Peacock account additionally provides followers entry to earlier SNL episodes as effectively.
