Charli XCX Makes Her Debut as ‘SNL’ Host: All 9 Sketches Ranked

The accurate idiocy of this podcast will make you shake your head. Charli tops the bro comedy as a hot girl reading ads from sponsors that include Cargo Condoms and Warm Plunges.

The cringe of besties coming up with a song-and-dance for a friend’s celebration returns — as does Domingo, who you might remember from Ariana Grande and Co.’s badly-sung wedding reception performance earlier in the season. Marcello Hernández’s Domingo was no one-time cameo: He’s officially a recurring character in the plot of Kelsey’s (Chloe Fineman) life, which has now progressed from getting marriage to parenthood.

Charli takes Ariana’s place here as one of the girls in this group, pulling off a solid American accent as the ladies present something “a little bit artistic and a little bit random” in lieu of a gift for the mom-to-be. Their amusing girls’ trip/babymoon rendition of Chappell Roan’s “Hot to Go!” starts off innocently enough — “Kelsey couldn’t fly, so we drove to Miami” — and then divulges their pal spent the vacation learning Spanish on Duolingo and sending nudes to Domingo, who is … still not her husband.

Thanksgiving dinner with the Olsen twins, Victoria Beckham and Naomi Campbell among the select few on an exclusive guest list goes … just about how you might imagine it would? No one knows how to cook a turkey, but there’s cigarette casserole, La Mer creamed spinach and “the substance.” Bowen Yang as Marc Jacobs sets the tone of the “it girl” gathering as host, while chef Cher (Heidi Gardner) sings her way through scorching the main dish.

Anyone who auditions for commercials, and who’s seen the scammy classes advertised to new actors, actually should find this spoof scarily spot-on. Marcello Hernández’s physical comedy and mannerisms bring to mind Martin Short in this performance. He shines as the so-called acting teacher, and Charli fits in seamlessly with her scene partner’s scheme.

Andy Samberg leads a pre-taped musical short about being the neighborhood snitch whose language of love with his wife, played by Charli, is “calling the cops instead of sex.”

“Does it help to know that who I snitched on was white?” he sings, saying his calls are anonymous but promising to show up to the court date. And he’ll be eating popcorn from the gallery.

Charli’s most memorable lyric: “I literally dare you to park within two centimeters of my driveway, b—-.”

New York City singles in their early 30s find a little action at a performance of Shrek: The Musical. Hey, it’s an alternative for the apps.

Charli’s “barely 31” character, known for “doing number three” in the bathroom and, in this scene, shamelessly standing outside the theater with her mouth stained green, is the one who gets teased over her hookup, but there’s a funny reveal when you find out who else the famous green ogre has already been “smashmouthing.”

SNL joins the chatter about who else might have auditioned for Wicked, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. Somehow they’ve gotten their hands on the screen tests!

The sketch shows Charli’s perfect impressions of Adele and Troye Sivan and brings back Bowen Yang’s impression of Charli. Try-outs from Bad Bunny, JoJo Siwa, Sydney Sweeney and more are part of the inside look at the casting process parody.

The anticipation of seeing Thanksgiving-themed cakes that are going to be awful and embarrassing sets up the comedy of this scene before any cakes are unveiled. Charli’s straight-faced warning about her submission on the baking competition show — “We Brits don’t do Thanksgiving, so this may get a bit hairy” — can be taken literally. Watch and you’ll see.

Please Don’t Destroy’s Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy all seemingly fall in love at first sight with Charli at 30 Rock, in accidental collisions straight out of a rom-com.

“Hey, this might be crazy, but,” Charli sweetly asks Marshall, just before dropping the twist: “Would you ever want to watch where the f— you’re going?”

Clever insults are traded.

A rat is pulled out of Charli’s hair.

Charli nails the comedic delivery and timing, particularly after trolling Please Don’t Destroy when they say her music sucks. “At least you know how I am. I’ve never heard of you,” she says. “We’re on SNL, sweetie,” the guys hit back, to which Charli says, “Once every… six episodes?”