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# ‘Sorry, the Rockefeller tree has a human star?’
- URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/sorry-the-rockefeller-tree-has-a-human-star/
- Published: 2025-12-03T23:15:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-03T03:04:17.000Z
- Description: Melissa McCarthy takes a break from her side hustle (thirty bucks an hour!) to promote her return to ‘SNL.’
- Author: Bill Kuchman
- Tags: The Cold Open • Host Promo, The Cold Open, SNL, Melissa McCarthy, Ashley Padilla, Ben Marshall

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****Deep SNL Thoughts** is now **The Cold Open**. New name. Same extensive **SNL* coverage.

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**The host:** Melissa McCarthy

**The musical guest:** Dijon

**Cast members in the promo:** Ben Marshall, Ashley Padilla

*SNL* is back this weekend after taking the last two weekends off for Thanksgiving. **Melissa McCarthy** returns to host for her sixth time. With **Sean Spicer** (kind of?) [back in the news](https://www.status.news/p/sean-spicer-rachel-bade-dan-turrentine-show-youtube?ref=theomnicosm.com), will we see McCarthy’s version of the former White House press secretary face off against [**Ashley Padilla**’s version of the current White House press secretary](https://www.theomnicosm.com/glen-powell-leads-slay-division-macgruber-ashley-padilla-and-update-tackle-the-epstein-files/)?

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