‘SNL’ Has a History of Objectifying Hot Hosts in a Manner People Who Aren’t Hot Hate

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Getty Sydney Sweeney is hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend and all week fans have been wondering: Are they gonna give her the hot host treatment? Or put another way, are we about to get a repeat of Jacob Elordi’s divisive episode from back in January?The Elordi episode became notorious for its aggressive pandering to the actor’s fangirls in the audience. From “Crown Your Short King” to “Women’s AA Meeting” to “Acting Class,” the episode spent half its runtime on jokes that amounted to little more than “isn’t Jacob hot?”If you were one of the many viewers who swooned over Elordi in Saltburn or Euphoria, this was one of the best episodes of the season for you. If you were anybody else, it all felt a bit lazy. You were probably wondering if Elordi actually had any comedic chops, or you were trying to figure out if the excessive thirsting from the cast was Elordi’s idea or something thrust upon him by the writers.Read more at The Daily Beast.