Alexander Skarsgård's SNL debut Jan. 31 features Cardi B, Stellan Skarsgård cameos

Alexander Skarsgård made his hosting debut on Saturday Night Live in the January 31 episode, which featured Musical Guest Cardi B, a cold open with Pete Davidson as White House Border Czar Tom Homan, and two cameo appearances by Skarsgård's father, Stellan Skarsgård. In his monologue Skarsgård briefly acknowledged that the show hit its 1,000th episode, then shifted to highlighting under‑acknowledged SNL players like Lenny Pickett and the Saturday Night Live band.

"Call me Willy Wonka, because tonight, I'm gonna let the little people cook," he told the audience as he met band members including bassist James Genus and guitarist Maddie Rice. The episode opened with an "ICE Meeting Cold Open" that pivoted away from a Donald Trump intro and featured James Austen Johnson as a dim‑bulb ICE recruit asking Tom Homan questions.

Sketches that followed included a fake Winter Olympics promo, a pretape about emotionally‑evolved Vikings, and a "Mom Confession" sketch about a mother reconsidering past votes. Cardi B joined a new "Immigrant Dad Talk Show" sketch that contrasted emotionally‑cold Finnish dads (Alexander and Stellan Skarsgård) with Dominican moms who terrify their husbands (Cardi B and Marcello Hernández).

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