{"id":2412074,"date":"2026-05-11T19:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2412074"},"modified":"2026-05-11T19:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:17:09","slug":"matt-damon-hosts-snl-with-noah-kahan-as-musical-guest-heres-a-recap-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/matt-damon-hosts-snl-with-noah-kahan-as-musical-guest-heres-a-recap-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Damon hosts &#8216;SNL&#8217; with Noah Kahan as musical guest. Here&#8217;s a recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/01\/14\/USAT\/88169719007-mattdamon-1.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Matt Damon explains his &#8216;Be Good&#8217; pin at &#8216;The Rip&#8217; movie premiere<\/p>\n<p>Matt Damon explains to USA TODAY why he wore a &#8220;Be Good&#8221; pin to the premiere of his new Netflix film, &#8220;The Rip.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Saturday, May 9, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patriotledger.com\/story\/entertainment\/television\/2026\/05\/07\/how-to-watch-matt-damon-noah-kahan-on-saturday-night-live\/89974088007\/\">Cambridge actor Matt Damon<\/a> returned to the &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; stage, marking his first time hosting the comedy show since 2018, and his third overall.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.burlingtonfreepress.com\/story\/life\/arts\/2026\/04\/14\/new-noah-kahan-netflix-movie-insecurity-family-relationships-body-image-vt\/89607449007\/\">Fellow New Englander Noah Kahan<\/a> joined Damon on the &#8220;SNL&#8221; stage as the musical guest. Though the New England connection was not directly mentioned in any of the night&#8217;s skits, &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; had a surprise in store for longtime Damon fans.<\/p>\n<p>In the cold open, Damon reprised his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/entertainthis\/2018\/09\/30\/saturday-night-live-cold-open-matt-damon-brett-kavanaugh\/1477589002\/\">iconic 2018 role as Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh<\/a>, joining Colin Jost&#8217;s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Aziz Ansari&#8217;s FBI Director Kash Patel for a night of fun in a Washington, D.C. bar. Other skits included Damon as a substitute teacher, a &#8220;tough guy,&#8221; a concerned cat dad and an auctioneer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so happy to be here, guys. This is my third time hosting, which seems&#8230; a little low right?&#8221; Damon joked in his opening monologue. &#8220;I&#8217;m here now, I&#8217;m really excited.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Noah Kahan performed during Matt Damon&#8217;s &#8216;SNL&#8217; episode<\/h2>\n<p>During his second appearance on &#8220;Saturday Night Live,&#8221; Vermonter Noah Kahan performed &#8220;Doors&#8221; and &#8220;The Great Divide,&#8221; both songs from his most recent studio album, &#8220;The Great Divide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In true Noah Kahan fashion, the Vermont musician shared his excitement about the performance with his fans on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you @nbcsnl thank you Matt Damon thank you mom thank you everyone,&#8221; Kahan captioned an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYLsp29lnpx\/\">Instagram slideshow<\/a> with photos of him at the show.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">How to watch &#8216;Saturday Night Live&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>The most recent episode of &#8220;Saturday Night Live,&#8221; as well as all old episodes of the comedy show, are available to stream on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/imp.i305175.net\/k0JJ1x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow sponsored\">Peacock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"marker\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/imp.i305175.net\/k0JJ1x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noreferrer noopener\">Watch Matt Damon on &#8216;SNL&#8217;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brendan Morrow of USA TODAY contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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 www.patriotledger.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Damon explains his &#8216;Be Good&#8217; pin at &#8216;The Rip&#8217; movie premiere Matt Damon explains to USA TODAY why he wore a &#8220;Be Good&#8221; 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