Jake Gyllenhaal Looks Back at Hosting 'SNL' Back in 2007, Sings Celine Dion in Opening Monologue - Watch!

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Jake Gyllenhaal is back on Saturday Night Live! The 41-year-old Ambulance actor returned to host the NBC sketch comedy series on Saturday (April 9).

In his opening monologue, Jake reflected on the first time he hosted the show, which was back in 2007. Click inside to read more… “That was like 400 Marvel movies ago,” Jake joked. “To give you an idea of what it was like in 2007, in the show I hosted, there was a George W.

Bush sketch, there were jokes about the first iPhone, and this is a photo of me from my monologue.” A photo then popped up on screen from his 2007 episode, with him wearing a wig and glittery gown with Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler, and Kristen Wiig serving as his backup dancers. “There I am in full drag, singing a song from Dreamgirls, to promote a movie where I played a gay cowboy,” Jake said. “That was actually probably the least problematic thing in that episode, but looking back, I feel like I was a totally different person.” Later in his monologue, Jake explained that he tried being a “method” actor, but it led him to forget “how to have fun.” “That’s when I realized something I should have realized a long time ago—acting is a really stupid job,” Jake said. “It’s pretend and it’s fun, and it should be filled with joy.

Well, I’m finally embracing that joy again, and that’s why I’m back standing on this stage.” He then admitted that he never thought SNL would “come calling” again for him to host again, and in truth, he wasn’t sure he could remember how to host. “But being here tonight, it feels like everything is suddenly coming back,” Jake said, before he started belting out an amazing rendition of Celine Dion‘s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”!