{"id":2208603,"date":"2025-12-22T14:50:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2208603"},"modified":"2025-12-22T14:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:50:31","slug":"ariana-grande-plays-kevin-in-home-alone-sketch-on-snl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ariana-grande-plays-kevin-in-home-alone-sketch-on-snl\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande plays Kevin in &#8216;Home Alone&#8217; sketch on &#8216;SNL&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F12%2F117749578.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>R.I.P. to the McCallister family.<\/p>\n<p>Ariana Grande spoofed a scene from \u201cHome Alone,\u201d but with a gruesome and bloody ending, when she hosted the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/21\/entertainment\/snl-star-bowen-yang-bids-farewell-in-emotional-final-sketch-before-departure-from-nbc-show\/\">final \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d episode of the year <\/a>over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>During <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ug44G2FdWyU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the sketch<\/a>, Grande, 32, transforms into Macaulay Culkin\u2019s beloved 8-year-old character from the 1990 film, complete with short blonde hair and Christmas pajamas.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ariana Grande as Kevin McCallister in the \u201cHome Alone\u201d sketch. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ariana Grande in the \u201cHome Alone\u201d skit on \u201cSNL.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Grande\u2019s Kevin wakes up in bed to his mom (played by Ashley Padilla) and the rest of the family rushing into the house after they left Kevin behind on their Christmas vacation.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>But in a twist, the McCallisters are all horrifically killed by Kevin\u2019s booby traps that are still active in the house after his encounter with the Wet Bandits.<\/p>\n<p>First, Kevin\u2019s dad (played by Mikey Day) opens the closet and gets his head set on fire by a blowtorch.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kevin\u2019s dad gets his head caught on fire. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kevin\u2019s mom watches her family get killed. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ariana Grande spoofing Macaulay Culkin\u2019s \u201cHome Alone\u201d character. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then, Kevin\u2019s brother (played by Jeremy Culhane) falls backwards on toy cars and hits his head onto the sharp corner of the family\u2019s grand piano.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin\u2019s sister (played by Sarah Sherman) picks up a fire extinguisher to use on her father, but as Kevin points out too late, he filled the fire extinguisher with kerosene.<\/p>\n<p>Another one of Kevin\u2019s brothers (played by Tommy Brennan) runs to the kitchen to get water, but he ends up activating a poison dart gun that fires right at his face.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The McCallisters witness the dad with his head on fire. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>One of Kevin\u2019s brothers dies from hitting his head on the corner of the piano. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Tommy Brennan\u2019s character killed by poison darts. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna be sick,\u201d Sherman\u2019s character says, as she slips on marbles and falls through the laundry shoot into the furnace downstairs, burning alive. <\/p>\n<p>Kevin\u2019s brother Buzz (played by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/21\/entertainment\/colin-jost-reads-joke-about-scarlett-johansson-on-snl-weekend-update\/\">Colin Jost)<\/a> picks up the phone to call 911, which releases a chainsaw that cuts off both of his brother Fuller\u2019s (played by Bowen Yang) arms.<\/p>\n<p>A full can of paint swings towards Buzz, who celebrates as he evades the object. But the can hits a switch on the wall that drops a running metal fan right on Buzz\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bowen Yang\u2019s arms get cut off in the sketch. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Colin Jost as Buzz McCallister. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then, the McCallister\u2019s elderly neighbor (played by Andrew Dismukes) walks into the house and announces that he\u2019s reconciled with his son \u2014 only to get killed by the chainsaw. <\/p>\n<p>Kevin and his mother are left alone in the house with their family member\u2019s blood all over their faces. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ashley Padilla as Kevin\u2019s mom. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ariana Grande as Kevin McCallister. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Kevin\u2019s mom comes to, as it\u2019s revealed that the entire crisis was just her imagination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSorry, I\u2019ve just been awake for a very long time,\u201d she tells Kevin.<\/p>\n<p>After the pair wish each other a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, the neighbor suddenly appears and smacks both of them with the shovel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve killed again,\u201d the neighbor says to himself, before running out of the house.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Andrew Dismukes as the McCallister\u2019s elderly neighbor. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kevin (Ariana Grande) hugging his mom (Ashley Padilla). <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Grande\u2019s \u201cSNL\u201d episode also marked <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/21\/entertainment\/snl-star-bowen-yang-bids-farewell-in-emotional-final-sketch-before-departure-from-nbc-show\/\">Yang\u2019s final episode as a cast member<\/a>\u00a0after 7 seasons.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/21\/entertainment\/cher-accused-of-lip-synching-on-snl-compared-to-ashlee-simpson\/\">Cher served as the musical guest<\/a>, performing \u201cDJ Play a Christmas Song\u201d and \u201cRun Rudolph Run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSNL\u201d will return Jan. 17 with \u201cStranger Things\u201d star Finn Wolfhard as the host and A$AP Rocky as the musical guest.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R.I.P. to the McCallister family. Ariana Grande spoofed a scene from \u201cHome Alone,\u201d but with a gruesome and bloody ending, when she hosted the final \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d episode of the year over the weekend. 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