Dave Chappelle Named First ‘SNL’ Host Of 2025

Comic Dave Chappelle was named the primary host of “Saturday Evening Reside” in 2025.

NBC shared the information on Friday whereas additionally saying that actor Timothée Chalamet will host the next week in addition to carry out as a musical visitor. The community additionally introduced a February anniversary particular.

Dave Chappelle and “Saturday Evening Reside” will return to NBC on Jan. 18.

NBC introduced that Dave Chappelle could be the primary host of “Saturday Evening Reside” with a press release on Jan. 10.

“Reside from New York, ‘Saturday Evening Reside’ is kicking off 2025 with two celebrity Hosts and Musical Company you will not need to miss,” mentioned the NBC announcement. “Because the present celebrates its landmark 50 years on NBC, Season 50 has already featured 10 wonderful Hosts — and it is enlisted two returning Hosts to kick off the second half of this cycle.”

“Dave Chappelle hosts the primary 2025 episode of ‘Saturday Evening Reside’ on January 18. The Emmy-winning humorist and actor, who has hosted post-election episodes in previous years (most just lately in November 2022), will come again to Studio 8H on January 18. This shall be his fourth flip as Host.”

The NBC announcement additionally named rapper GloRilla because the musical visitor for Chappelle’s episode. The primary episode of 2025 would be the recording artist’s “SNL” debut.

“GloRilla will make her SNL debut because the episode’s Musical Visitor,” learn the announcement. “The multi-platinum-selling rapper can be a Grammy nominee, receiving two nods for her hit single “Yeah Glo!”

“Dune” star Timothée Chalamet will host “SNL” in 2025 as a musical visitor. The 29-year-old actor is presently starring as musician Bob Dylan within the movie, “A Full Unknown.”

“On January 25, ‘A Full Unknownstar’ Timothée Chalamet returns for a 3rd stint as SNL host,” learn the assertion. “The actor performs singer-songwriter Bob Dylan within the movie, although there is no phrase but on what Chalamet shall be singing — or rapping? — in Studio 8H.”

The assertion continued, “The Dune star can be set to make his debut because the episode’s Musical Visitor, placing him on the spectacular listing of ‘double responsibility’ celebrities who’ve been Host and Musical Visitor in the identical episode.”

Different celebrities who hosted “SNL” whereas additionally performing as musical company embody Paul Simon, Lily Tomlin, Ray Charles and Dolly Parton, Sting, Janet Jackson, The Rolling Stones and extra.

NBC additionally famous within the announcement that Chappelle was nominated for a Grammy Award for his Netflix particular, “Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer.” The 51-year-old is a nominee for Greatest Comedy Album for his comedy particular on the 67th Annual Grammy Awards

“His newest particular, ‘Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer,’ is nominated for a Grammy Award for Greatest Comedy Album,” learn the announcement.

Chappelle received a Grammy Award final yr for Greatest Comedy Album for his particular, “Dave Chappelle: What’s In A Identify?” The comic additionally received Greatest Comedy Album for “Dave Chappelle: The Nearer” on the sixty fifth Annual Grammy Awards the earlier yr.

“The Dreamer” made headlines after many condemned jokes he made about trans folks throughout the particular. The comic instructed one trans joke whereas telling the story about assembly fellow comic Jim Carrey on the set of “Man within the Moon.”

Carrey performed the late comic Andy Kaufman biopic the tactic actor stayed in character throughout the assembly. Chappelle mentioned he was grateful to have witnessed Carrey’s inventive transformation however upset.

“In hindsight, how f-cking fortunate am I?” mentioned Chappelle. “That I acquired to see one of many biggest artists of my time immersed in certainly one of his most difficult processes ever? Very fortunate to have seen that, however because it was occurring, it was very disappointing.”

He continued, “I wished to fulfill Jim Carrey and I needed to fake this n—a was Andy Kaufman. All afternoon, he was clearly Jim Carrey. I may take a look at him and I may see he was Jim Carrey. Anyway, I say all that to say, that is how trans folks make me really feel.”

In Chappelle’s 2021 particular, “The Nearer,” the comic claimed that he would not inform any extra trans jokes in reference to the backlash he acquired from jokes he instructed in one other particular, “Dave Chappelle: Sticks and Stones.”

“I’m not f-cking with these folks anymore. It wasn’t well worth the hassle. I ain’t saying sh-t about them. Possibly three or 4 instances tonight, however that’s it,” he joked. “I’m bored with speaking about them.”

“To be trustworthy with you, I’ve been attempting to restore my relationship with the transgender group, ‘trigger I don’t need them to assume that I don’t like them,” he continued. “You understand how I’ve been repairing it? I wrote a play. I did. Trigger I do know that gays love performs,” he joked. “It’s a really unhappy play, however it’s transferring. It’s a few Black transgender lady whose pronoun is, sadly, n—-a. It’s a tear-jerker. On the finish of the play she dies of loneliness trigger white liberals don’t know the way to communicate to her. It’s unhappy.”