Feb 18
Watch: Pedro Pascal's Gay Turn Lights Up 'SNL' 50th Anniversary Skit
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
The Internet's favorite zaddy, Pedro Pascal, brought it to "SNL's" 50th Anniversary Special for a skit in which he played gay.
The skit brought back the character of Domingo (Marcello Hernandez), the hot lover of married woman Kelsey (Chloe Fineman), for a splashy reception celebrating Kelsey's renewal of her vows with husband, Matt (Andrew Dismukes) – an occasion for which her parents, played by Molly Shannon and Martin Short, are picking up a $70,000 tab.
Kelsey's bridesmaids (Sabrina Carpenter, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, and Sarah Sherman) celebrate Kelsey's newfound commitment to monogamy (with a parody song set to the tune of "Defying Gravity" from "Wicked") with a vow to "hold her down" if she wants to fly the coop to Domingo again. Nevertheless, the Bridesmaids then swing into a second song in which they related Kelsey's anguish at no longer being with her lover... at which point Domingo appears, helping finish up the song with the words "open relationship."
Even as Matt fumes, however, his groomsmen appear with a new musical revelation: Matt's dalliance with Rinaldo, the gay brother of none other than Domingo.
"Rinaldo is in my past," Matt hastens to reassure Kelsey.
"Matthew, I'm here!" Pascal announces at that moment, appearing with a mike in his hand. "Matthew's my guy, said he's not bi – but we did hook up, though!" Rinaldo sings.
Domingo rushes back to throw his arms around Rinaldo, and when Kelsey exclaims, "You two know each other?" Rinaldo and Domingo announce they are brothers: "I'm the older brother," Pascal declares. "And I'm the younger brother," Domingo adds.
"And I'm the hot brother!" cries Bad Bunny, rushing in to join.
"Hi, Santiago!" Kelsey's parents cheerfully call.
Watch the skit below.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.