{"id":239527,"date":"2026-01-18T11:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/239527\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:13:07","slug":"finn-wolfhard-drives-snl-comeback-with-stranger-things-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/239527\/","title":{"rendered":"Finn Wolfhard drives \u2018SNL’ comeback with \u2018Stranger Things’ surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Finn<\/p>\n

Finn Wolfhard took centre stage during Saturday Night Live\u2019s return to TV following a brief holiday break.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old actor and musician made his debut as the show\u2019s host on January 17, with A$AP Rocky joining him as the evening\u2019s musical guest.<\/p>\n

However, what was understandably the standout moment of the latest episode was when Wolfhard\u2019s Stranger Things co-stars crashed his opening monologue.<\/p>\n

Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo appeared onstage to support the Netflix star\u2019s hosting stint, his first high profile appearance since the popular series ended at the year\u2019s turn.<\/p>\n

Following his opening remarks, and a brief cameo by SNL castmate Marcello Hernandez, the It actor introduced \u201cthe new me\u201d \u2014 a playful attempt at becoming a \u201cman\u201d, with his time as a child star long over.<\/p>\n

\u201cStranger Things is over and I\u2019m not a kid anymore,\u201d Wolfhard made the announcement, which was quickly followed by his co-stars stepping into the camera lens and declaring, \u201cAnd neither are we!\u201d<\/p>\n

The three actors then followed a bit of banter by toasting to Wolfhard\u2019s hosting debut, with the former child star announcing, \u201cAnd to us, child stars, who are now ready to do adult films,\u201d to great laughter and applause.<\/p>\n

Finn Wolfhard first rose to prominence after appearing on Stranger Things, initially released in 2016 and concluded on December 31, 2025. While the actor soon branched out into a successful acting career with appearances in two It\u00a0films, the\u00a0Ghostbusters franchise, and more. <\/p>\n

He additionally boasts a fledgling musical career, something he said he plans to focus on more after the conclusion of his commitment to the Netflix hit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Finn Wolfhard took centre stage during Saturday Night Live\u2019s return to TV following a brief holiday break. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-239527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}