Ariana Grandes one request for SNL sketch…
Talk about a group participant.
Mike Diva, the movie unit director for “Saturday Night Live,” has revealed the only request that Ariana Grande had for the show’s ultra-violent spoof of the Christmas film “Home Alone” last month.
“Ariana was like, ‘I want as much blood as possible. I want to look like Carrie at the end of this thing,’” Diva, 38, said during a “Behind the Sketch” clip launched on Thursday.
Ariana Grande during a “Saturday Night Live” sketch on Dec. 20, 2025. YouTube/@SaturdayNightLive
Ariana Grande as Kevin McCallister in the “SNL” spoof of “Home Alone.” YouTube/@SaturdayNightLive
“She was really into being sprayed with blood,” Colin Jost, who famously co-hosts “Weekend Update” and also appeared in the stunning “Home Alone” sketch, added.
The skit in query aired during the Dec. 20 episode of “SNL.” Grande, 32, hosted the night time’s show, and pop icon Cher was the musical visitor.
While the “Wicked” star appeared in the sketch as Macaulay Culkin’s Kevin McCallister, “SNL” regulars Ashley Padilla performed Catherine O’Hara’s Kate McAllister, Jost performed Devin Ratray’s Buzz McAllister and Bowen Yang was Kieran Culkin’s Fuller McAllister.
Ariana Grande behind the scenes while taking pictures the “Home Alone” sketch for “SNL.” YouTube/@SaturdayNightLive
Ariana Grande on “SNL” on Dec. 20, 2025. YouTube/@SaturdayNightLive
But not like the unique 1990 Chris Columbus basic, this Kevin’s booby traps backfired spectacularly and ended up killing the McCallister clan one by one when they returned home to be with him for Christmas Day.
“We wanted to have a mix of the real booby traps from Home Alone, and then we were under the assumption that Kevin McAllister had set up other, perhaps even more violent traps that we never got to see,” Jost explained in the behind-the-scenes clip. “And now, we do.”
“This actually looks like me in eighth grade,” the comic added relating to his Buzz McAllister look.
Bowen Yang and Colin Jost behind the scenes of the stunning “Home Alone” sketch on “SNL.” YouTube/@SaturdayNightLive
A behind the scenes of look of the “SNL” sketch spoofing “Home Alone.” YouTube/@SaturdayNightLive
Diva went on to tease Jost about the wild getup, while Padilla praised O’Hara for her efficiency in the precise “Home Alone” film more than 35 years in the past.
“It’s wild to work with him or look at him when he’s dressed like that,” Diva said of Jost. “It makes work impossible. I’m about to be bullied by this dude!”
“I just love Catherine O’Hara so much,” Padilla added. “And she plays it so earnestly. This made me want to be in a Christmas movie. This is my audition.”
Colin Jost as Devin Ratray’s Buzz McAllister. Saturday Night Live/NBC
Ashley Padilla as Catherine O’Hara’s Kate McAllister in the stunning “SNL” sketch. Saturday Night Live/NBC
Elsewhere in the “Behind the Sketch” clip, the “SNL” director mentioned Yang’s position in the “Home Alone” spoof and how it was one of the comic’s last sketches before leaving the Lorne Michaels-created show after more than seven seasons.
“It takes a village to make Bowen’s arm fly off and spray blood everywhere,” Diva shared. “At this point, we know that this is Bowen’s last episode, and it is a beautiful thing that his last shot on a film unit is him getting his arm ripped off and spraying blood everywhere.”
“Brought a tear to my eye,” he joked.
Bowen Yang as Kieran Culkin’s Fuller McAllister. YouTube/@SaturdayNightLive
Bowen Yang’s proper arm was ripped off in the gory “SNL” sketch spoofing the 1990 Christmas basic. YouTube/@SaturdayNightLive
Yang, who starred alongside Grande in both “Wicked” and “Wicked: For Good,” opened up about his choice to stop the NBC sketch comedy sequence during an episode of his “Las Culturistas” podcast earlier this week.
He explained that it was “time” for him to depart, and acknowledged that he “stayed on exactly as long as I wanted to.”
“I was maybe unsure about going back in the summer, and I’m so glad I did,” Yang, who joined “SNL” in 2019, explained. “[It was] one of the most meaningful experiences I will ever have.”
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