Pop star Sabrina Carpenter made her hosting debut this past weekend on Saturday Night Live (SNL) while also serving as the musical guest for Season 51, Episode 3. The episode aired live on NBC at 11:30 p.m. ET (delayed slightly on the West Coast due to a college football game).
During her second musical performance of the night. Carpenter, a two-time Grammy winner known for her cheeky, sexually charged persona (e.g., hits like "Espresso" and her album Man’s Best Friend), delivered an energetic set of "Nobody’s Son" from a dojo-themed stage complete with karate choreography. In the chorus, she sang the lyric "He sure f#cked me up (ah-ah)"—uncensored—twice, and it slipped past NBC's censors on both the live East Coast broadcast and the Peacock streaming feed.
Pretty sure this is a first. An SNL host/musical guest confidently says the F-word (twice) and doesn’t get bleeped! It’s a new world. pic.twitter.com/EEgSIgcOQ1
— Marcus James Dixon (@marcusdixon) October 19, 2025
Carpenter's night was packed
- Monologue: She addressed a cropped photo from her album cover (mistaken for a provocative solo shot) that actually included Bowen Yang and Martin Short from the SNL 50th anniversary special. Joking about her image, she quipped, "I’m not just horny. I’m also turned on and sexually charged."
- Sketches: Featured a "Domingo" cold open callback with Marcello Hernández (spoofing her "Espresso" video), a sexy washing machine bit, and a grinding schoolgirl sketch.
- First Performance: A playful "Manchild" on a bedroom set, in SNL-branded lingerie.
No fines or critical backlash have been reported—likely due to the safe harbor window and SNL's history of such slips without major penalties since the 1980s.