Overview
- Carpenter hosted and performed on the Oct. 18 episode, with “Nobody’s Son” airing twice with the F-word unmuted on the East Coast broadcast and Peacock before NBC edited it for West Coast and digital uploads.
- Japanese-British artist Rina Sawayama posted that the dojo-styled staging showed “shoes on tatami,” urging creative teams to approach cultural references with research, respect and care.
- Coverage noted that wearing shoes on tatami mats contradicts Japanese etiquette, the specific detail Sawayama highlighted in her Instagram Story.
- A brief microphone outage interrupted one sketch, prompting viewer complaints and social media speculation about a technical mishap.
- Carpenter thanked SNL’s cast and crew in a follow-up post and is set to resume her Short n’ Sweet Tour in Pittsburgh on Oct. 23–24, as outlets discussed FCC fine precedent without any action reported.