Overview
- Will Ferrell’s opening monologue was briefly hijacked by Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith during Saturday’s Season 51 finale of Saturday Night Live.
- Ferrell stepped in with “You’re not the host, I am” and reclaimed the stage as the crowd cheered the lookalike stunt.
- Paul McCartney, the night’s musical guest, played along from the audience by pretending to confuse Ferrell for Smith.
- Later in the episode, Smith took the drum seat for McCartney’s performance on the Studio 8H stage.
- The gag extended a running resemblance joke the pair have leaned into since a 2014 charity drum-off, during Ferrell’s sixth hosting turn and the season’s send-off.