This weekend, Sabrina Carpenter will return to the Saturday Night Live stage — but this time, she’ll be hosting.
In new promos for her double duty as host and musical guest on Saturday’s show, Carpenter scoffs when castmember Marcello Hernandez asks if she’s “scared to host.”
“Me? I perform in front of thousands of screaming fans every night,” Carpenter replies casually.
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“So you’re not scared?” Hernandez asks, to which Carpenter responds, “No. I’m terrified. But not of hosting. Deep down, my greatest fear is…”
At this point, Carpenter and Hernandez share their identical greatest fear in unison: ” …My dentist grows a really long beard and during the appointment it tickles my chest.” The pair look at each other stunned and just walk away.
Elsewhere in the promos, Carpenter and Hernandez give a pep talk to any viewers who might be washing dishes, and Carpenter threatens to arrest the cameraman for being too hot — just like she does in the crowd on her Short n’ Sweet Tour.
In fact, she previously arrested Hernandez, in character as Domingo, at one of her Los Angeles shows last year. He was reprising his role as the seductive SNL character who originated in a viral sketch last fall set to the tune of Carpenter’s smash hit “Espresso.” “My name’s Domingo,” Hernandez said from the crowd to wild cheers, after catching Carpenter’s attention. When Carpenter asks where he’s from (“I’m from Miami, baby,” he growls), she replies, “I wish you were from my bedroom.”
While it’s her first time hosting, Carpenter was a musical guest in May 2024 and she also popped up on February’s SNL50 special, duetting with Paul Simon and co-starring with Pedro Pascal in a new Domingo sketch. Carpenter is currently back on her Short n’ Sweet Tour — though she’s also promoting her August album Man’s Best Friend this time around — and she’ll return to L.A. for six new dates, wrapping Nov. 23.
Saturday Night Live airs at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC and streams on Peacock. (See all the options to watch SNL here.) Watch the new promos below: