Once upon a time, several years ago, Glen Powell was supposed to host Saturday Night Livebut the appearance never materialized.
running Man The star was originally appointed as a presenter for the episode Top Shot: Maverickbut the film was delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the opportunity was lost. “Without Top shooter“,” Glen said, quoting SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels“no one will know who you are.”
On November 17, Glen finally did his job. SNL debuted hosting episode 6 of season 51 with Olivia Dean as musical guest, and his monologue was surprisingly four years in the making.
During his monologue yesterday, Glen revealed that when he got the call about hosting, his family celebrated by taking a selfie with a UPS driver named Mitch, who was delivering a package at the time. He was told to watch SNL Christmas episode, but it never happened.
“I ended up not hosting, which means for four years this UPS driver was just saying, 'Glen Powell is a liar,'” Glen said.
However, Glen's sisters, Leslie and Lauren, actually tracked Mitch down and took him to New York to watch him finally become a live broadcaster. “He thought it was a scam, but he came anyway,” Glen said. “He’s in the audience tonight. Let's give it up for Mitch the UPS driver!”
To celebrate the reunion, Glen and Mitch took another selfie, but this time it was for real. SNL stage.
“I had to wait my whole life plus four years to get here,” Glen said. “But if I've learned anything, it's that the best things in life don't happen overnight, and no one knows that better than UPS.”
This touching moment has gone viral and everyone is saying the same thing about Glen's epic. SNL a monologue that took four years to successfully perform:
