Sabrina Carpenter Reflects on ‘SNL’ Hosting Debut: ‘The Least I’ve Slept in My Life’

Sabrina Carpenter astir apt needed a batch of espresso to get done her week astatine 30 Rock, but she says it was decidedly worthy it.

On Monday (Oct. 20), the popular prima reflected connected hosting Saturday Night Live for the archetypal clip this past weekend. Sharing photos of herself with members of the formed and successful immoderate of her costumes, Carpenter wrote connected Instagram, “SNL treble work was the slightest I’ve slept successful my beingness and the champion crushed to ever not sleep.”

“thank you Lorne [Michaels], the astonishing cast, crew, and writers for taking maine successful with unfastened arms,” she continued.

Though the Grammy victor has appeared connected SNL in the past, Saturday (Oct. 18) was her archetypal clip hosting an episode. In summation to performing Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 azygous “Manchild” and “Nobody’s Son” — some of which look connected her Billboard 200-topping medium Man’s Best Friend — Carpenter poked amusive astatine her album creation controversy successful a witty opening monologue, parodied Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” for the show’s latest Domingo sketch and played an annoying tween lad who runs a podcast with his friends.

But portion Carpenter’s SNL episode was mostly well-received, Rina Sawayama pointed retired thing she thinks the squad should see successful the future. “Big emotion to Sabrina but chap artists originative teams … if we are intelligibly referencing a culture, delight tin you bash truthful with the research, respect and attraction it deserves,” she wrote, referencing however dancers performing martial arts during the “Nobody’s Son” show erroneously wore shoes connected apical of a accepted Japanese level mat.

Carpenter is present gearing up to resume her Short n’ Sweet Tour pursuing a four-month break. Her archetypal shows backmost volition instrumentality spot astatine PPG Paints Arena connected Oct. 23 and 24.

In the comments of her station astir SNL, she wrote, “see u successful pittsburgh soon.”