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Sabrina Carpenter doubled as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live, using her monologue to wink at her risqué persona while insisting there’s more beneath the sparkles. She joked through a zoom-out gag on her “Man’s Best Friend” cover, flirted with an audience Q&A that derailed at “venture capital,” and faced Kenan Thompson’s pink-handcuff ‘arrest’ bit and Cameo gag. The show opened with a Nashville-trip sketch spoofing Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga, and later Carpenter performed her No. 1 hit “Manchild” from a bedroom set, bouncing on a bed with a sax soloist.

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