Ryan Gosling just can’t let go of his character Ken from Barbie during his Saturday Night Live monologue.
Though he initially said he wasn’t going to talk about Ken because he “broke up” with the character after going “too deep” and “it’s over,” he ultimately decided to sing his feelings with a rendition of Taylor Swift’s hit song “All Too Well.”
“You know, when you play a character that hard, that long, just letting go feels like a breakup and for processing a breakup, there’s really only one thing that can help: The music of the great Taylor Swift,” the La La Land actor said.
Gosling then proceeded to sing, “I swear Venice Beach is true / My clothes were tight / But something about that spandex felt so right / I left my rollerblades in that big pink house / But I still got that fur coat and I’ll wear that right now (Cue him putting on the iconic Ken coat).”
“If I said that I was doing fine, you know I’d be lying / ‘Cause I was just Ken and now I’m just Ryan,” he continued.
Emily Blunt then proceeded to cut off Gosling’s song, (jokingly) annoyed that he was still singing about Ken, even though he’s supposed to be promoting their upcoming movie The Fall Guy. “What are you doing?” she asked, adding that they had a plan to do a “bunch of stunts.”
“I was gonna hit you with things and instead you’re singing about Ken again,” Blunt told the actor. “Look here, you’re Kenning right now, and I hate that’s even a verb. I resent that. Take the fur coat off. You’re embarrassing yourself.”
After getting a sigh from the audience, the Oppenheimer actress added, “Guys, I don’t mean to be harsh but Ryan, you have to move on. It’s time.”
Gosling is hosting the sketch comedy show for the third time, with musical guest Chris Stapleton.
More to come.
