Glen Powell’s dream of hosting “Saturday Night Live” finally came true this weekend, and it was made even sweeter by the presence of one special guest — a UPS driver named Mitch.
The actor, 37, told the audience in his opening monologue that he had initially been scheduled to host an episode of the show four years ago to coincide with the original release date of “Top Gun: Maverick.”
“When I got the call, I was on a porch with my family. We just all lost our minds. We were jumping up and down celebrating, and a UPS driver happened to be delivering a package at that exact same moment,” he said.
“So we all took a selfie with him” to “mark the occasion,” he added.
But the COVID-19 pandemic meant the movie’s premiere was pushed back to 2022, and Powell’s chance of hosting “SNL” seemingly vanished.
“‘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.”
For Powell, though, the more pressing concern seemed to be that out there somewhere was a UPS driver who thought he had made it all up.
“So now, I’m here hosting, it feels amazing,” he continued. “But what feels even better is proving to this UPS driver that I am not crazy.”
Powell said his sisters had managed to track down the driver and that he had flown him out to New York for the show.
“He thought it was a scam, but he still came,” Powell said, before inviting Mitch up to the Studio 8H stage to reenact their selfie.
“I had to wait my entire life, plus four years, to be here. But if I have learned anything, it is that the best things in life don’t happen overnight,” Powell said. “And no one knows that better than UPS.”
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