Styles has a knack for radiating charm, honed after years in the spotlight as a musician, and now with some notable acting roles under his belt, he\u2019s more than primed for the stage. And the timing is perfect, considering many actors are in Hollywood this weekend for the Oscars. <\/p>\n
He delivered again with a variety sketches, including one about a prosecutor distracted by the famous comedian\/lawyer<\/a> appointed to defend an alleged thief, a pretaped sketch that riffed on HBO Max\u2019s hit medical drama \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d<\/a> and a closing sketch where he played himself promoting a line of clothing<\/a> modeled after some of his most famous outfits for Target.<\/p>\n He also excelled in parts where he could show off his vocals and dancing, like in \u201cSparkle of the Sea<\/a>,\u201d an infomercial about a German cruise line, and another pretaped sketch, \u201cShe\u2019s an Irish Dancer<\/a>,\u201d where guys find out just how Irish their dates are in a nod to St. Patrick\u2019s Day on Tuesday. Flatter, though, were sketches about a pair of Best Buy workers<\/a>, and one where Styles played a drive-thru worker at a White Castle<\/a>, but that\u2019s because Jane Wickline and Veronika Slowikowska stole the skit as a pair of nerdy girls trying to ask him out to the school dance.<\/p>\n Styles performed his new single, \u201cDance No More<\/a>,\u201d after last week\u2019s host Ryan Gosling introduced him, a fitting appearance since Styles crashed his monologue<\/a>. And Paul Simon also stopped by to introduce Styles before his second song, \u201cComing Up Roses.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n This week\u2019s cold open touched on the ongoing war in Iran. The patriarch (Mikey Day) of a family at a gas station says he needs to fill up their car. As a piano begins to play, his wife (Ashley Padilla) says, \u201cFill up? Not all the way, right?\u201d \u201cWe have to,\u201d Day replies emphatically. \u201cBut it\u2019s $5 dollars,\u201d she says before turning to her two children (Marcello Hern\u00e1ndez and Sarah Sherman) to say they have to leave one of them behind because gas is too expensive. Why? \u201cThe Epstein files,\u201d exclaims President Trump (James Austin Johnson), who jumps into the scene. \u201cIt\u2019s called butterfly effect. Epstein was the first domino,\u201d he says, miming dominoes falling. Trump goes on to introduce himself by saying we might remember him from campaign promises such as \u201clower gas prices\u201d and \u201cno more wars\u201d (\u201cPsych!\u201d). \u201cWe love to make promises because a promise is a lie that just hasn\u2019t happened yet.\u201d As for the stock market, he puts it in a way that Harry Styles fans might understand \u2014 it\u2019s going in one direction, garnering loud cheers and applause. He jokes about Iran\u2019s age, saying it is old and nobody likes them, \u201cIran is like ballet and opera and weird Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet,\u201d referring to the actor\u2019s comments that have caused an uproar<\/a>.<\/p>\n But Trump says he has everything under control, meeting with top minds including influencer and boxer Jake Paul, who he says was booed \u201cvery badly\u201d at his fight against Mike Tyson. \u201cDid someone say booze?\u201d Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) says as he emerges from the family\u2019s car and dozens of cans fall to the ground. (\u201cIt was just a couple of road sodas, chill.\u201d) He then thanks Trump for the \u201cbeautiful, size 16 Florsheim shoes,\u201d a reference to the Wall Street Journal report<\/a> that they are the president\u2019s gift of choice to close friends and advisors. Hegseth goes on to say that they are \u201chashtag winning\u201d the war with Iran, and as for the Strait of Hormuz, he advises that the tankers moving oil should just do what he does at a DUI checkpoint: \u201cClose your eyes and gun it.\u201d<\/p>\n In his monologue, Styles, dressed in a grey pinstripe suit and bright blue tie, said he couldn\u2019t resist hosting when he heard they booked his favorite-ever musical guest. After his tour ended in 2023, he took a lot of time off, realizing he\u2019d spent much of his life on the road and \u201cmaking songs about fruit that people think were about sex.\u201d He just really likes fruit \u2014 and sex. He also said a lot of people pay attention to the clothes he wears (true, see above), with some people accusing him of \u201cqueerbaiting,\u201d to which he responded, \u201cMaybe you don\u2019t know everything about me, dad.\u201d But as far as what he did in his time off, he took up boring things, like jogging (his sub-three hour marathon in Berlin was the buzz of the running world<\/a>). It\u2019s better than the alternative, he says, as the screen flashed to an image of the former Prince Andrew. But now he\u2019s promoting his new album, \u201cKiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.\u201d, because what\u2019s better than kissing? He actually doesn\u2019t want to kiss all the time, leading to a brief appearance and disappearance of cast members Chloe Fineman and Sherman, unless its Ben Marshall. He complimented Marshall\u2019s backside, and gave him a smooch on the lips: \u201cNow that\u2019s queerbaiting.\u201d<\/p>\n Best sketch of the night: I don\u2019t know if your dad did this, but my dad used to pop it twice The first sketch of the night took us into a courtroom, where a New Jersey prosecutor (Styles) rose to present his case against the defendant, Mr. Donovan (Tommy Brennan), who didn\u2019t have an attorney. So the judge (Kenan Thompson) appointed one: comedian Sebastian Maniscalco<\/a> (Hern\u00e1ndez). It\u2019s the second time Hern\u00e1ndez has played the comedian, whose caricature of Maniscalco in a red blazer and black turtleneck is at turns spot on, exaggerated and completely hilarious. He chimed with retorts as the prosecutor explained the charges of stealing $5,000 in merchandise, including a belt. \u201cLet me tell you something about a belt. When I was a kid, the belt wasn\u2019t to keep the pants up, it was to keep the volume down,\u201d Maniscalco says, motioning to his waist and explaining how his dad would use it. Maniscalco\u2019s manic energy was too much for the courtroom sketch artist, though, who complains to the judge about having to draw him, showing a sketch of a blurred, multi-limbed man. Kudos to Styles who managed to mostly keep his composure as Hern\u00e1ndez glided around him. But Styles had the last laugh with his own impression of Maniscalco, before a final sketch of him was revealed. Put it in the Lourve!<\/p>\n Also good: Why get real healthcare when you\u2019ve got \u2018Mahaspital\u2019 \u201cThe Pitt<\/a>,\u201d one of the buzziest TV shows in America, has been lauded for its realistic portrayal of emergency rooms and the stresses that medical workers endure on a regular basis. So when the opening scenes of this pretape began playing, the crowd went wild. But this isn\u2019t \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d it\u2019s \u201cMahaspital,\u201d brought to you by producer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the team behind Make America Healthy Again. Styles channels Noah Wyle\u2019s Dr. Robby, marching toward an incoming patient on a gurney as she\u2019s pushed through the ER hallway. \u201cWhat she needs is a steak,\u201d he says. \u201cGive me beef tallow and six raw eggs, too.\u201d The sketch touches on many of the hallmarks of the MAHA movement: healing crystals, vaccine skepticism, raw milk and lots and lots of protein. And we can\u2019t forget that Central Park bear<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2018Weekend Update\u2019 winner: Battle of the heart (emojis) ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773570860_973_hqdefault.jpg\")
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