Saturday Night Live welcomes Paul Rudd and Charli XCX for last show of year

Paul Rudd - 2021's Sexiest Man Alive - will be hosting the last episode of Saturday Night Live on Saturday, Dec. 18, and Charli XCX as his musical guest. If you follow SNL on social media, then you're well aware that Ghostbusters: Afterlife&The Shrink Next Door star Paul Rudd will be returning to the show for the fifth time.

Take a look at the official intro video for this week's show of SNL:

Both Paul and Charlie XCX previously took the stages of NBC's Studio 8H. In the first video, Paul Rudd reflects back on his previous three SNL hosting gigs during a "Best Man" speech in his May 2019 opening monologue (which saw DJ Khaled as the musical guest). Following that, a look back at the promo for the December 13, 2014, episode that saw Charli XCX serving as musical guest with Martin Freeman (Sherlock).

Aidy Bryant, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Melissa Villaseñor, and Bowen Yang, along with returning feature players Andrew Dismukes&Punkie Johnson, and new feature players Aristotle Athari (Future Man, All Rise), James Austin Johnson (Silicon Valley) & Sarah Sherman (The Eric Andre Show) make up this season's cast.