Pop Culture Fix: Kate McKinnon Returning to SNL To Make the Yuletide Gay With Billie Eilish

Kate McKinnon and Billie Eilish Will Have a Very Gay Saturday Night Live Christmas On December 16th

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Billie Eilish Episode 1813 -- Pictured: (l-r) Host Billie Eilish as Leslie D., Kate McKinnon, Ego Nwodim, and Kenan Thompson during the Santa Song sketch on Saturday, December 11, 2021 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Billie Eilish Episode 1813 — Pictured: (l-r) Host Billie Eilish as Leslie D., Kate McKinnon, Ego Nwodim, and Kenan Thompson during the Santa Song sketch on Saturday, December 11, 2021 (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Kate McKinnon is returning to Saturday Night Live to host its December 16th episode with musical guest Billie Eilish, which will be the second time Billie is the musical guest for a Christmas episode of SNL and therefore the second time the twosome will be appearing together in the same Christmas episode! But a lot has changed since the 2021 Christmas episode — now Billie has revealed that she is gay and tired and also both Kate and Billie were involved in the Barbie movie. This feels like an opportunity for some kind of Gay Christmas Barbie skit, just an idea!

The December 16th episode will be Kate McKinnon’s hosting debut after leaving the show in 2022 — during her time on the program she delighted the fuck out of us on a regular basis and also was nominated for ten Emmys and won two. She’s also had very memorable turns on holiday episodes of Saturday Night Live, including Do It On My Twin Bed, HomeGoods, The Christmas Candle and, of course, Back Home Ballers.

Feature image by Rosalind OConnor/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images


More Pop Culture Stories For Your Day:

+ Netflix has dropped the trailer for “Under Pressure,” a documentary about the United States’ Women’s Soccer team’s quest for a third World Cup title. This documentary was constructed very quickly?!

+ + Bella Ramsey spoke to Pink News about their excitement for a lesbian romance between Ellie and newcomer Dina in Season Two of “Last of Us.” Furthermore, on this very day they were named as one of the BAFTA Breakthrough Award recipients for their performance as Ellie in the first season of HBO’s Last of Us, based on the bestselling video game.

+ ‘Special Ops: Lioness’ Star Laysla De Oliveira On Playing A CIA Recruit For Taylor Sheridan: “It Physically Hurt, And Emotionally Hurt, Too”

+ Why are trailers for musicals hiding the fact that they are musicals?

+ Every LGBTQ+ contestant in The Squid Game: The Challenge

+ Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus Lead Spotify Wrapped 2023

+ “An Unexpected Christmas” tops Variety’s list of the best Hallmark Christmas movies, suggesting that viewers “come for the sweet pretend-we’re-still-together-for-my-parents storyline; stay for the most natural chemistry yet.” Variety doesn’t mention this, but there is an unexpected lesbian in an Unexpected Christmas.

+ ‘Mean Girls’ Pop-Up Dining Experience to Debut in Los Angeles and New York

+ OUTtv will debut “Looking For a Third” with reality TV star Tiffany ‘New York’ Pollard: Tiffany Pollard is hosting a show that will begin with one gay couple and one lesbian couple looking for a third.

+ The Year That Couldn’t Break Megan Thee Stallion

Before you go! Autostraddle runs on the reader support of our AF+ Members. If this article meant something to you today — if it informed you or made you smile or feel seen, will you consider joining AF and supporting the people who make this queer media site possible?

Join AF+!

Riese

Riese is the 41-year-old Co-Founder of Autostraddle.com as well as an award-winning writer, video-maker, LGBTQ+ Marketing consultant and aspiring cyber-performance artist who grew up in Michigan, lost her mind in New York and now lives in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in nine books, magazines including Marie Claire and Curve, and all over the web including Nylon, Queerty, Nerve, Bitch, Emily Books and Jezebel. She had a very popular personal blog once upon a time, and then she recapped The L Word, and then she had the idea to make this place, and now here we all are! In 2016, she was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism. She's Jewish and has a cute dog named Carol. Follow her on twitter and instagram.

Riese has written 3262 articles for us.

Contribute to the conversation...

Yay! You've decided to leave a comment. That's fantastic. Please keep in mind that comments are moderated by the guidelines laid out in our comment policy. Let's have a personal and meaningful conversation and thanks for stopping by!