SNL writers' prank left Ryan Gosling and Ashley Padilla laughing

Midway through Ryan Gosling's March 7 Saturday Night Live episode, the "Passing Notes" sketch took an unexpected turn when writers swapped in new lines live, leaving performers scrambling not to break. A bright yellow subtitle informed the audience that "The Contents of These Notes Have Been Changed Since Rehearsal," and Padilla, Gosling and Mikey Day each read material they had never seen before.

The sketch began as a classroom bit, with Ashley Padilla playing an uncool teacher and Gosling appearing as the principal giving an anti-bullying lecture. When they demanded to read a passing note, Padilla choked up over a fresh line: "Yo, real talk: I sat behind Miss P on the bus when we were on the field trip last week.

She was on her phone. She uploaded a picture of herself to ChatGPT and said 'do you have any makeover tips for me?' And ChatGPT just said, 'no.' Pretty sad, bro." Gosling then read his surprise note: "Don't tell anyone this, but I came to school early the other day and Principal Whit was in the school gym shooting hoops.

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