8 March 2026
Harry Styles made a surprise appearance during Ryan Gosling’s hosting stint on Saturday Night Live on Saturday (07.03.26), just a week before he is due to present the programme himself.
Harry Styles made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live
The Project Hail Mary actor returned to the comedy sketch series for the fourth time this weekend and his opening monologue was interrupted when he spotted the Aperture singer standing in the audience.
Ryan looked into the crowd and asked: “Is that Harry Styles?”
As the camera panned over to the audience, they applauded and Ryan asked: “What are you doing here, man?”
Harry replied: “Well, I’m hosting next week and it’s been a while, so I just wanted to watch, get a feel for it.”
Ryan praised the former One Direction singer for his “professionalism” before going on to plug his new movie.
She said: “Yeah, that’s so professional, that’s awesome you’re here. I just wish someone would have told me.
“I have a new movie coming out, it’s called Project Harry Styles. Nope — it’d be a good movie, though. … And people are saying it’s like E.T. meets Interstellar, which is crazy because those are like, what, two of the best films of all time, so they’re kind of like saying it’s like, what, double that? I don’t know, I didn’t say it.
“I’ve always loved making films about space. It’s just something about them gives me perspective.”
But he trailed off before the camera panned over to Harry away from him.
He asked: “I’m sorry, why are we on Harry’s side?”
Harry replied: “I don’t know, I’m just listening.”
Ryan quipped: “Well, could you listen less cool? I think your coolness is becoming a bit of an issue.”
Later in his monologue, a group of dancers dressed as aliens appeared to ask if they will perform their planned number, to a song from Project Hail Mary, and Ryan promised they would.
He said: “It’s very poignant and it’s the anthem of our generation. Some have said it’s called Sign of the Times, and oh my God, it’s by Harry Styles. Now I gotta sing it in front of him.”
Ryan began singing a hesitant rendition of the song before turning to perform the I’m Just Ken lyrics from Barbie.
Gorillaz were musical guests on this week’s SNL but Harry will perform double duty as both host and musical guest next week.
