Ariana Grande recreates 2000 SNL sketch for Tonight Show
Four-time Grammy nominee Ariana Grande made a surprise appearance on Tuesday’s to perform in a retro Saturday Night Live bit as well as perform her newest single, Imagine.
‘Love u @jimmyfallon @FallonTonight every time is always the best time of my life,’ the 25-year-old pop diva – who boasts 259.9M followers/subscribers – ‘Miss u already and thank u so so much. Also, I love [you the same] @theroots.’
Merry men: Four-time Grammy nominee Ariana Grande made a surprise appearance on Tuesday’s Tonight Show to perform in a retro Saturday Night Live bit as well as perform her newest single, Imagine
The 25-year-old pop diva tweeted: ‘Love u @jimmyfallon @FallonTonight every time is always the best time of my life miss u already and thank u so so much’
The Thank U, Next songstress donned a festive red sweater with SNL veterans Horatio Sanz, host Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan, and Tracy Morgan as they belted their merry chestnut, I Wish It Was Christmas Today.
Grande (born Butera) was only 7 years old when the 40-something funnymen originated the catchy bit featuring a cigar box guitar and hand-held keyboard on the NBC sketch series way back in 2000.
The four-piece band reprised their original Christmas classic numerous times and it was even covered (and released under the name Christmas Treat) by Julian Casablancas in 2009.
Ariana seemed especially close with Kattan, resting her hands on his shoulders throughout the I Wish It Was Christmas Today sketch.
Return to 30 Rock! The Thank U, Next songstress donned a festive red sweater with (from L-R) SNL veterans Horatio Sanz, host Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan, and Tracy Morgan as they belted their merry chestnut, I Wish It Was Christmas Today
Remember? Grande was only 7 when the 40-something funnymen originated the catchy bit featuring a cigar box guitar and keyboard on the NBC sketch series way back in 2000
The four-piece band reprised their original Christmas classic numerous times and it was even covered (and released under the name Christmas Treat) by Julian Casablancas in 2009
‘Backstage before our rock band played!’ Ariana seemed especially close with Kattan, resting her hands on his shoulders throughout the I Wish It Was Christmas Today sketch
‘Backstage with @arianagrande before our rock band played @fallontonight,’ the 48-year-old comedian wrote on ‘Finally… the reunion you’ve all been waiting for. “I Wish it Was Christmas Today.”‘
The Florida-born belter saved her four-octave soprano pipes for when she belted her latest track while clad in the same red knit snowflake sweater and ever-present black thigh-high boots.
The former Nickelodeon child star sported her usual heavy-handed, fully-contoured make-up and signature faux-nytail extension for the small-screen performance.
Imagine: The Florida-born belter saved her four-octave soprano pipes for when she belted her latest track while clad in the same red knit snowflake sweater
On the mic: The former Nickelodeon child star sported her usual heavy-handed, fully-contoured make-up and signature faux-nytail extension for the small-screen performance
Silver pantsuit: Meanwhile, former FLOTUS Michelle Obama was the main guest promoting her new memoir Becoming on the late-night talk show
Meanwhile, former FLOTUS Michelle Obama was the main guest promoting her new memoir Becoming on the late-night talk show.
Ariana did her best to seem cheery, but her last trip to 30 Rock to comfort her suicidal ex-fiancé – SNL star Pete Davidson – was not quite as successful.
‘I’m doing my best to stay here for you,’ the Staten Island comedian wrote on Instagram Saturday before deleting his entire account.
Posing: Ariana did her best to seem cheery, but her last trip to 30 Rock to comfort her suicidal ex-fiancé – SNL star Pete Davidson – was not quite as successful
Getting help: The troubled 25-year-old ‘refused’ to see Grande even as an NYPD officer conducted a wellness check on him after a suicidal Instagram post
The Staten Island comedian wrote on Saturday: ‘I really don’t want to be on this Earth anymore. I’m doing my best to stay here for you. But I actually don’t know how much longer I can last’
‘But I actually don’t know how much longer I can last. All I’ve ever tried to do was help people.’
Pete received a supportive phone call on Sunday from Texan Congressman Dan Crenshaw, whom he apologized to on Weekend Update after joking the injured Navy SEAL resembled a ‘hitman in a porno movie.’
‘I think he appreciated hearing from me. I told him everyone had a purpose in this world. God put you here for a reason. It’s your job to find that purpose. And you should live that way,’ the 34-year-old Republican told
‘”Know that you have value and do more good for people than you realize for people.” Especially a guy like that: Sometimes he makes people laugh. Sometimes he makes people mad. But he makes people laugh a lot. It was a good conversation.’
Spoke to him personally: Pete received a supportive phone call on Sunday from Texan Congressman Dan Crenshaw (L), whom he apologized to on Weekend Update after joking the injured Navy SEAL resembled a ‘hitman in a free download porno teen movies movie’ (pictured November 10)
The 34-year-old Republican told KPRC2 Houston on Tuesday: ‘I think he appreciated hearing from me. I told him everyone had a purpose in this world. God put you here for a reason. It’s your job to find that purpose. And you should live that way’
Whirlwind: Eyebrows raised when Davidson and Grande broke up on October 14 – four months after getting engaged and five months after they began their romance (pictured August 20)
Eyebrows raised when Davidson and the Light Is Coming singer broke up on October 14 – four months after getting engaged and five months after they began their whirlwind romance.
Ariana explained on Tuesday why she had her Christmas tree mounted on the ceiling of her $16M, five-bedroom Chelsea apartment.
‘Sometimes life be upside-down,’ Grande told Ariana has adapted the upside-down aesthetic in several social media posts, fonts, and music videos such as the gravity-defying, disorienting No Tears Left To Cry clip directed by Dave Meyers in April.
Décor: Ariana explained on Tuesday why she had her Christmas tree mounted on the ceiling of her $16M, five-bedroom Chelsea apartment
The Light Is Coming singer told TMZ: ‘Sometimes life be upside-down’
Flipped: Ariana has adapted the upside-down aesthetic in several social media posts, fonts, and music videos such as the gravity-defying, disorienting No Tears Left To Cry clip in April
Grande tweeted in June: ‘I showed [my BFF Aaron Simon Gross] a photo and he was sitting opposite me and he said, “I even love it upsidedown” and that was kind of it for me at the time. I had been feeling v “upsidedown” for a while & the simplicity of that was like oh duh wow my bestie a genius! Everything clicked after that’
‘I showed [my BFF Aaron Simon Gross] a photo and he was sitting opposite me and he said, “I even love it upsidedown,”‘ the God Is a Woman singer in June.
‘And that was kind of it for me at the time. I had been feeling v “upsidedown” for a while & the simplicity of that was like oh duh wow my bestie a genius! Everything clicked after that.’
The March for Our Lives performer doesn’t kick off her 42-date Sweetener World Tour until March 18 at New York’s Times Union Center in Albany.
