Jon Hamm Shines in Star-Studded Return to SNL on April 12, 2025
Last night’s Saturday Night Live was a true treat, and if you haven’t seen it yet — you’re seriously missing out. Jon Hamm returned to host for the fourth time on April 12, 2025, and let’s just say, the man knows how to own that Studio 8H stage. From his effortless comedic timing to the barrage of surprise cameos, it was one of those nights where SNL felt like pure, live-TV magic.
Hamm kicked things off with a monologue that was both hilarious and meta. He poked fun at his own extensive SNL history — with 14 cameos under his belt, he joked that Lorne Michaels always reminds him that "cameos are even more special than hosting... right before his phone cuts out in a tunnel." Classic Hamm — self-aware, charming, and just the right amount of sarcastic.
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And then came the cameos. Scarlett Johansson returned as Ivanka Trump in the brilliant pre-taped parody The White Potus — a cheeky spin on HBO’s The White Lotus , but with a White House twist. Add in the familiar faces of former cast members Beck Bennett and Alex Moffat as Putin and Eric Trump, and you've got a full-on sketch universe that felt both nostalgic and new. Kieran Culkin also popped up mid-monologue, handing Hamm a golden opportunity to roast Succession with the quip: "Mad Men was better." Hamm saying what some of us are too scared to admit.
Musical guest Lizzo added extra firepower with two surprise cameos of her own — one in the New Parents sketch and another as part of the bizarre, yet hilarious Icebreaker segment. That sketch, by the way, ended with a bizarrely harmonious group chant that made you wonder if rehearsals were as fun as the live moment.
But the real SNL energy came from James Austin Johnson’s Trump Easter 2025 Cold Open . His Trump impression is getting eerily spot-on at this point, and watching the cast freeze behind him in exaggerated holiday poses while he rambled about eggs and indictments was laugh-out-loud funny. Poor Sarah Sherman stayed frozen with her mouth wide open the entire time — commitment.
Of course, we also got a “Please Don’t Destroy” short — this time about a missing person. It leaned into absurdity in the best way, almost like a sketch from a deranged buddy-cop procedural. And Hamm was totally game for every twist.
Overall, Jon Hamm’s latest SNL gig reminded us why he’s one of the show’s favorite recurring hosts. He gets it — the style, the weirdness, the wink to the audience. And when you pair him with surprise appearances, satire gold, and some serious musical heat from Lizzo? Yeah, that’s late-night comedy perfection.
If you missed it live, don’t worry — it's streaming on Peacock. And trust me, it’s worth the rewatch.
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