Chappell Roan’s old Facebook status shows she was ‘determined’ to appear on ‘SNL’
Chappell Roan can officially cross an important item off her bucket list!
Roan, 26, will appear as musical guest on the November 2 episode Saturday evening live – and it’s apparently a goal the singer-songwriter has been pursuing for more than a decade.
On Friday, November 1, Roan – whose birth name is Kayleigh Amstutz – posted a screenshot to Instagram of her Facebook status from April 2011. The status simply read: “I’m committed to being on SNL.”
The “Good luck, honey!” singer captioned her Instagram post: “@nbcsnl Tmrw night with @johnmulaney 💋.” Comedian John Mulaney will host the episode.
It is unclear whether Roan’s younger self was determined to act as musical guest or host. In conversation with comedian Bowen Yang for Interview magazine in August, Roan explained that she initially thought she would become an actress.
“I originally started making music because I wanted to get my foot in the door through acting,” she said. “And then I moved to Los Angeles, and I was like, ‘F— that.’ ”
“The industry really is so scary, and I have no control over it,” she continued. “I can release music whenever I want. I don’t have to wait for a casting director to say, “It would be great if we cast you, and then we’ll set your schedule for the next three months.” ”
Roan appeared in several promos for the latter SNL episode. The clips show Roan in an elaborate turquoise costume standing next to Mulaney, 42, and castmate Ego Nwodim.
“Hi, I’m John Mulaney and I’m a host SNL this week with musical guest Chappell Roan,” Mulaney says in the first of two videos.
“And we won’t tell our secret to anyone,” says Nwodim, looking straight into the camera.
“We’ll make skits,” Mulaney continues, and Roan adds, “And I’ll make songs.”
“But we won’t tell anyone our secret,” Mulaney says firmly.
“Because we made a promise to each other never to tell anyone,” the trio says eerily in unison.
The second promo video is a fun nod to a viral TikTok trend featuring Roan’s wildly popular song ‘HOT TO GO’. In the clip, Nwodim hilariously fails in her attempt to get Mulaney to join the trend, prompting Roan to say, “He don’t understand, girl.”
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