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Domingo is back!<\/p>\n
During the cold open of Saturday Night Live<\/em>\u2018s Oct. 18 episode, Marcello Hernandez reprised his recurring role as Domingo in a musical skit alongside host and musical guest Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n In the six-minute sketch, titled \u201cDomingo Cold Open,\u201d Chloe Fineman\u2019s character Kelsey throws a birthday party for her husband Matthew (played by Andrew Dismukes). To celebrate, she enlists her girl squad to perform a surprise musical number, complete with modern pop parodies, about a recent Nashville trip to buy his gift.<\/p>\n Things quickly unravel when Kelsey\u2019s friends \u2014 played by Carpenter, Sarah Sherman, Ashley Padilla and Veronika Slowikowska \u2014 launch into parodies of Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d and Lady Gaga<\/a>\u2019s \u201cAbracadabra,\u201d revealing that Kelsey spent a night with Domingo during the trip.<\/p>\n Hernandez\u2019s Domingo then makes a dramatic entrance to profess his love for Kelsey, set to Alex Warren<\/a>\u2019s \u201cOrdinary,\u201d which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks earlier this summer.<\/p>\n Domingo debuted in an October 2024<\/a> episode hosted by Ariana Grande, where Carpenter\u2019s hit \u201cEspresso\u201d was featured in a sketch revealing that Kelsey had cheated on her fianc\u00e9 with the character. He returned in a sequel<\/a> featuring Charli XCX parodying Chappell Roan\u2019s \u201cHot to Go!\u201d and again during SNL50<\/em><\/a>, with Carpenter spoofing \u201cDefying Gravity\u201d from Wicked<\/em>.<\/p>\n Carpenter appeared throughout Saturday\u2019s episode in multiple sketches and also performed two songs from her Man\u2019s Best Friend<\/em> album: \u201cManchild\u201d and \u201cNobody\u2019s Son.\u201d<\/p>\n SNL<\/em> will take a brief hiatus and return Nov. 1<\/a> with host Miles Teller and musical guest Brandi Carlile. Upcoming episodes include Nikki Glaser with Sombr on Nov. 8, and Glen Powell hosting for the first time on Nov. 15, joined by musical guest Olivia Dean.<\/p>\n Watch SNL<\/em>\u2018s \u201cDomingo Cold Open\u201d sketch below.<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Domingo is back! During the cold open of Saturday Night Live\u2018s Oct. 18 episode, Marcello Hernandez reprised his recurring role as Domingo in a musical skit alongside host and musical guest Sabrina Carpenter. 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