Saoirse Ronan Monologue - SNL

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN -- SAOIRSE RONAN. ♪♪♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS SO GREAT TO BE HERE HOSTING THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY EPISODE OF "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE." JUST A FEW MONTHS EARLY. YES I AM VERY IRISH AND I HAVE AN EXTREMELY IRISH NAME. SOME WHO SAY TOO IRISH. >> IT'S SAOIRSE. IT MEANS FREEDOM. BUT I'VE GOT TO A LITTLE PROBLEM. IT'S SPELLED -- WELL IT'S ILD SPELLED WRONG. IT IS A FULL TYPO. S-A-O-I-R-S-E. YOU CAN SEY PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME. IF IT WAS A WHEEL OF FORTUNE PUZZLE, YOU COULDN'T AFFORD IT. TOO MANY VOWELS. GOD BLESS THEM, NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO PRONOUNCE MY NAME. NOT EVEN CLOSE. >> "HEY, SAOIRSE." HAVE A GREAT SHOW. >> THANKS, LESLIE. IT'S PRONOUNCED SAOIRSE. >> SAOIRSE. >> NO, IT'S SAOIRSE, LIKE INERTIA. >> I HAVE A COUSIN NAMED INERTIA. >> OH, YEAH, SEE WHAT I MEAN? I MADE UP A LITTLE TUNE I MADE UP TO HELP YOU REMEMBER. ♪♪♪ ♪ IT'S SAOIRSE WITH AN R NOT CERSEI WITH R CAUSE CERSEI WITH AN R GOES OR NOT R ♪ ♪ IT'S INSTEAD OF O INSTEAD OF E SIMPLE AS CAN BE SEE SAOIRSE ♪ SEE, TOTALLY EASY. SO EASY. >> HEY GIRL. >> OH, HEY KATE. HAVE YOU COME TO SING MY SONG WITH ME? >> NO, HONEY, THE SONG IS NOT AS HELPFUL AS YOU THINK IT IS. YOU MIGHT BE THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN PRONOUNCE THE NAME. >> REALLY? DO YOU WANT TO TRY IT WITH ME? >> OH, LOVELY BONES, I CAN'T SAY NO TO YOU. LET'S GO. ♪ IT'S SAOIRSE WITH AN R NOT CERSEI WITH R CAUSE CERSEI WITH AN R GOES OR NOT R ♪ ♪ IT'S INSTEAD OF O INSTEAD OF E SIMPLE AS CAN BE SEE SAOIRSE ♪ >> YOU REALLY GOT IT. >> OF COURSE I DID, I'M FLUENT IN NON-SENSE. IT'S MY SIXTH SEASON. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY RACCOONS I'VE PLAYED? >> HI GIRL. >> OH, HEY. >> YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT I CAN SAY YOUR NAME BECAUSE I'M ALSO IRISH. YEAH, IN THE SENSE THAT MY TEETH ARE SUPER SOFT, AND I THINK SELTZER IS SPICY AND I ALWAYS LEAVE WITHOUT SAYING GOOD-BYE. >> OH, OKAY, WELL, LET'S TRY IT. ♪♪♪ IT'S -- >> YEAH SHE'S' GONE. SHE'S GONE. SHE REALLY DID DO AN IRISH GOOD-BYE THERE. JUST SO YOU ALL UNDERSTAND, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY AN IRISH TRADITION, IT'S JUST QUITE RUDE. >> HEY, SORE CHEESE. >> IT'S ACTUALLY -- >> YEAH, PEOPLE MESS UP MY NAME ALL THE TIME, TOO. SO I MADE UP A SONG OF MY OWN. ♪ IT'S BECK WITH A B AND BECK WITH AN E AND BECK WITH A C IT'S BECK ♪ >> THAT WAS LOVELY. AND I DON'T THINK YOU SPELLED IT QUITE RIGHT. BUT WELL DONE. HOW ABOUT WE ALL DO MY SONG ONE MORE TIME, TOGETHER. ♪ IT'S SAOIRSE WITH AN R NOT CERSEI WITH R CAUSE >> BECK WITH A B. CERSEI WITH AN R GOES OR NOT R ♪ ♪ IT'S INSTEAD OF >> BECK WITH AN E. O INSTEAD OF E >> BECK WITH A C. SIMPLE AS CAN BE SEE SAOIRSE ♪ ♪ SIMPLE AS CAN BE IT'S INERTIA ♪ >> WE HAVE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. U2 IS HERE. STICK AROUND. AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. ♪♪♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

Channel: Saturday Night Live

Views: 3,156,207

Rating: 4.9110651 out of 5

Keywords: SNL, Saturday Night Live, SNL Season 43, Episode 1732, Saoirse Ronan, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Beck Bennett, s43, s43e7, episode 7, live, new york, comedy, sketch, funny, hilarious, late night, host, music, guest, laugh, impersonation, actor, improv, musician, lady bird, Christine McPherson, actress, irish, Loving Vincent, Atonement, The Lovely Bones, BrooklynU2, bono, With or Without You, Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, The Joshua Tree, ST PATRICKS DAY

Id: 9xCr6IQtYqk

Length: 4min 1sec (241 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 02 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/kneeco28]

Shout-out to the AV Club writer who called this facile, lazy, unfunny shit the minute she was announced as host.

[u/[deleted]]

Waste of her talent. She must get sick of these same jokes.

[u/monetarydread]

Link for those non-americans out there

[u/[deleted]]

I felt bad for them

[u/OatyMcOatFace_Junior]

Watch Byzantium if you like this actress, fantastic movie.