Molly Shannon returns to host SNL and is joined by the Jonas Brothers

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Molly Shannon brought back one of her most beloved characters, Sally O’Malley, while hosting on April 8.

In the latest episode, the White Lotus actress, 58 — a former cast member from 1995 to 2001 — with musical guests, the Jonas Brothers.

The I Love That For You star — who previously hosted in 2007 and last made an appearance on the show in 2010 — performed a variety of skits reminiscent of her time on the show. 

Most memorably, she finished off the show by reprising her eccentric character Sally O’Malley in the last sketch and ‘kicked, stretched, and jumped’ with the Jonas Brothers — , 35, , 33, and , 30.

In between the hilarious skits, the former Disney Channel stars performed two new songs — including their latest single Waffle House — from their upcoming album.

Starting off her opening monologue, the comedian talked about her ‘exciting’ past year.

‘My daughter Stella started college.My son Nolan’s about to graduate high school,’ she said. ‘And I wrote a book about my life called Hello Molly.’

She talked about how people were surprised by how much she opened up about the hardships faced by her family in her memoir.

She then recalled how her late father — who struggled with alcohol for much of his life and contributed to a that killed Shannon’s mother, sister, พนันอีสปอร์ต and cousin when she was four — encouraged her in times of doubt by playing her old, classic musicals.

‘My dad always taught me to keep my chin up and never give up on my showbiz dreams,’ she said.

Quoting her father, she continued: ‘No matter what problems you face — if you keep a positive attitude, everything will turn out okay.’

Then, she burst into song with a parody of Everything’s Coming Up Roses as sung by Ethel Merman in the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy.

In song, she asked the cast members as well as the audience about problems have been plaguing them. Shannon then reminded everyone to ‘stop worrying’, because ‘nothing’s gonna stop us until we’re through’.

Martin Short made a surprise cameo. 

Her first sketch of the night began with her portraying a valet-in-training — alongside James Austin and Kenan Thompson — during their collective first day on the job. 

The supervisor — played by Austin Dismukes — quipped that their job is ‘the second hardest job in the world’ after brain surgery.

Proving that statement accurate, the three aspiring valets demonstrated their struggle with following the ‘three simple rules’ they refer to as ‘the corner stone of quality valet’. 

The valet-in-charge then instructed the trio that they must always do a ‘lil joke’, ‘lil bow’, followed by a ‘lil jog’ away.

Austin’s character took a jab at the rules and ended up making an offensive joke. 

When it came to Shannon’s character’s turn to try it out, ‘Jenny’ let her nerves take over and scares the customers away with overbearing, oversharing statements. 

‘Nice car you got there,’ she said.’I may have to steal that baby. Just kidding.’ 

When Thompson’s character attempts the rules, he either spoke too quietly or yelled aggressively at the guests. 

At the end of the sketch, the valet-in-charge said dejectedly: ‘Just forget it. 

‘I mean, if we can’t get this right, we might as well shut down,’ he continued.’I guess rich people can park their own cars.’

The trainees promised they will practice and make him proud before they all do a ‘lil jog’ away.

For her second skit, she portrayed a comedian doing a standup special in a Netflix trailer — a clear parody of Chris Rock’s latest stand-up routine Selective Outrage.

As Jeannie Darcy doing a comedy show called ‘Selective Startage,’ she repeatedly ended her jokes with the same line: ‘Don’t get me started.’

Throughout the mock trailer, ‘fans’ praised her for her style of comedy and her frequent usage of the phrase.

‘I picked up one of those new Tesla electric cars,’ she joked monotonously.’I couldn’t get it started.’ 

‘…Don’t get me started.’ 

In the next sketch, Shannon portrayed a pregnant employee named Susie, who was being thrown a baby shower by her coworkers ahead of her maternity leave.

Her colleague — played by Heidi Gardner — presented her with a waffle maker, and before accepting the gift, Susie raved about all the positives aspects of being pregnant.

As she approaches her coworker to finally grab the present, however, she experiences flatulence and her baby bump deflates, revealing she just had gas. 

Expressing dismay, her peers asked her how many times she had been ‘pregnant’ in the past to which Susie responded, ‘Four times.’

‘At least I can drink again,’ she said as she snatched her colleague’s flute of champagne.

After eating cat fish sliders — which she reveals she eats everyday, her stomach inflates again.

‘At least I can smoke again,’ she said as she went to light a cigar.

With the gas in the room, the building then exploded and ended the scene.

Additionally, Shannon then played herself in a sketch where she stumbles across three of her friends playing a video game based on her life.

‘Molly Shannon 2K23,’ the trio — portrayed by Mikey Day, Michael Longfellow, James Austin Johnson — said they were playing. 

‘It’s really fun. You play as Molly Shannon bouncing your career as an actor with raising a family.’

They went on to teach her that you can earn ‘turnips’ which is the currency that allows the player to buy new outfits in the ‘Molly Market’. 

‘It’s more fun than Super Mario Batali,’ one of them joked.

Three days later, the three guys returned to find that Shannon has been playing the game nonstop and had became ‘Molly Shannon the Rapper.’ 

The following skit began with a playwright being praised by her boyfriend — portrayed by Michael Che — as they sat in the crowd of a theater.

The writer then told him as well as the audience that the play is ‘loosely’ inspired by her own life.  

The curtains then drew to show Shannon in a wedding dress playing a bride contemplating her choices as she looks into a mirror.

The boyfriend was surprised that the playwright had at one point — unbeknownst to him — been engaged.

Shannon then bursted into song and shed the wedding gown for a plunging LBD. 

 In the song, she revealed that she broke off the engagement and plans to embark on ‘a year of a thousand men’.

The boyfriend got up from his seat and was about to walk out after learning the new information, but the playwright insists the story is only ‘loosely based on [her] life’. 

With perfect timing, Shannon’s character confirmed the events in the play are true and more than just a little bit accurate. 

Shannon as the actress on stage started a monologue about ‘meeting the one’.

Nick Jonas then appeared as her ex-boyfriend Trevor — ‘the one who got away’. 

‘Anytime you climax in the future, it will still be because of me,’ he said, before Shannon revealed that he ‘moved to Anaheim to pursue his dream of running social media for GrubHub.

At the end of the skit, the playwright seemingly made a dig at her boyfriend by making him a nerdy character, who she had to force herself to be sexually attracted to.

Then, Shannon’s character went on to meet her 1,001th man — who is the man sitting to the right of the playwright in the theater.

Then, the musical guests of the night — the Jonas Brothers — took the stage for their performance.

The former Disney stars performed the song Waffle House from their 2023 album simply titled The Album.

During their song, Kevin played guitar and supported his two younger brothers with background vocals. 

For the next skit, Shannon is one of three ‘actors on set’ of a ‘drug commercial’.

As the lead actress, she is overly cheerful when singing about symptoms of menopause — although never at any point calling it for what it is.

While dancing, she sings about a ‘new drug for gals over 40’ called ‘Vajerted’.

She then passive aggressively insulted her two costars for not having the same energy as her: ‘It’s like one of us is Beyonce, and the other two are really bad at dancing.’

At the end of the skit, the other actresses leave and Kenan Thompson joined her in singing and dancing — although repeatedly calling the drug by the wrong name. 

At another break, the Jonas Brothers performed their ballad Walls with Nick joining Kevin on the acoustic guitar while Joe sang lead vocals. 

Wrapping up the show with the Jonas Brothers, the last sketch started with the artists’ manager firing the band’s choreographers.

He said that as the brothers are ‘about to start their Vegas residency’, they needed ‘a more mature stage act’.

Enter Shannon portraying her eccentric yet beloved character — a 50-year-old woman named Sally O’Malley.

‘The boys were visiting their grandmother and she took them to her senior centers production of Annie and Sally here was starring and she rocked their world.’

‘I got a century of shizzle in my lady snizzle,’ she said as she pulled up her pants uncomfortably high.’Nothing wrong with that.’

Then, the brothers — who Sally calls ‘Neil, Calvin, and John’ — appeared, and they rip off their clothing to reveal they are wearing the same red ensemble with ruffled details.

Shannon as Sally walked around and pulled up their pants tight: ‘Now put some bonus in your Jonas.’

At the end of the scene, the brothers suggested replacing Nick with Sally.A newspaper clipping of Sally then flashed across the scene, reading: ‘New Jonas Brother is 50-year-old woman!’

Shannon concluded the episode by thanking the Jonas Brothers, Martin Short, Lauren Michaels as well as the ‘brilliant’ cast and ‘wonderful’ crew.

‘This is just a gift to be back,’ she said.’Thank you!’ 

During the show, the Jonas Brothers performed two songs from their upcoming sixth studio album — Waffle House and Walls.

Their album titled The Album is set to be released on May 12.