Glen Powell had a special guest in the audience when he hosted “Saturday Night Live.”
During his opening monologue, “The Running Man” star revealed that he was originally supposed to host “SNL” four years ago, tied to the original premiere date of “Top Gun: Maverick.” He and his family were celebrating when he got that call to host, a moment they shared with a UPS driver who happened to be delivering a package at the same time.
“So we all took a selfie with him, and this is the selfie to mark the occasion,” Powell said before revealing the actual selfie with him, his family, and the UPS driver. “But then my dream got taken away,” he continued. “‘Top Gun’ got delayed because of COVID, so ‘SNL’ had to take their offer back. Lorne Michaels literally called me and said, ‘Without “Top Gun,”‘ and these are his words, “no one will know who the F you are.’”
Powell lamented that, for the past four years, the UPS driver might have thought he was a liar. So when he got the call to host “SNL” again, he and his family decided to make things right.
“My sisters tracked him down. The women in my family are terrifying,” he joked. “They found the cell number of this UPS guy. His name is Mitch. So to prove to Mitch that I am not a liar, I flew him all the way to New York…He thought it was a scam, but he still came, and he’s sitting in the audience tonight.”
Powell then called Mitch onstage, with the two snapping another selfie together to bring things full circle for the driver and the whole Powell clan.
“I had to wait my entire life, plus four years, to be here,” Powell said. “But if I have learned anything, it is that the best things in life don’t happen overnight, and no one knows that better than UPS.”
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Check out the full monologue below.
From Variety US