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Saturday Night Live Season 46 continues this weekend with Insecure star Issa Rae as host and Justin Bieber as musical performer Rae and Beiber both wore masks in the episode’s first teaser, while a second teaser featured Jim Carrey as Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden This is Rae’s first appearance in the long-running NBC sketch comedy series, but this will be Bieber’s fourth appearance as as a musical performer The episode starts at 11:30 am ET Saturday night
In the first glimpse, Rae showed up wearing a clear plastic face shield, while Bieber wore a yellow « You can’t see it under my mask, but I have a big old smile on my face, « Bieber said turning to Rae. » I can’t see it, but I can smell it, « Rae replied with a smile. In Carrey’s preview, he is seen transforming into Biden while audio clips on the second presidential debate is canceled Carey also appeared in the first two episodes of the season as Biden
This weekend marks Bieber’s fourth time as a musical performer and already his second time on the show in 2020 He last appeared as an artist on the February 8 episode hosted by RuPaul Bieber Also did double duty as host and musical performer in February 2013 This weekend Bieber is set to perform his latest single, « Lonely », with Benny Blanco
Bieber released the music video for « Lonely » on Friday, and it features actor Jacob Tremblay playing a younger version of the singer who is grappling with an international celebrity at an early age Tremblay’s Bieber ends the video by watching from a scene to see that he only plays for one person, the real Bieber. The singer’s other recent singles include « Holy » with Chance the Rapper and « Stuck With U » with Ariana Grande
Rae, 35, is best known for appearing in popular HBO sitcom Insecure, which earned her two Golden Globe nominations and two Emmy nominations She also starred in The Lovebirds, opposite Kumail Nanjiani The film was slated to hit theaters in the spring but has been made available on Netflix due to the coronavirus pandemic The comedian is now working on the fifth season of Insecure, which she premiered with Larry Wilmore Last month she consolidated her own production company, Issa Rae Productions, into the new production company Hoorae, which will develop new films, shows and digital content Upcoming plans for the company include Sinkhole, a collaboration with producer Jordan Peele, Variety reports
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