The Cold Open • Host Promo

Harry Styles isn’t late. He was just getting a pain au chocolat with Kenan Thompson.

C’mon, Marcello Hernandez. It’s a tradition when Styles hosts ‘SNL.’

Bill Kuchman Mar 11, 2026

Kenan Thompson and Harry Styles — **Kenan Thompson** and **Harry Styles**. / NBC

March 11 2026 6:15 PM 2 min read

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The host: Harry Styles

The musical guest: Harry Styles

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Cast members in the promo: Marcello Hernandez, Kenan Thompson

Harry Styles is back to host SNL this weekend. The musician/actor previously hosted in November 2019, which feels like a lifetime ago. (I hate to admit it, but I had totally forgotten that Styles played Doug the Pug.)

But it turns out that Styles returns to SNL with a very specific tradition: Getting a pain au chocolat with Kenan Thompson.

Check out the complete list of SNL Season 51 hosts, musical guests and reviews.

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The Omnicosm founder. Snackology, Popculturology and The Cold Open writer. A Rochester, N.Y., native now living in the Washington, D.C., area. Won’t pass up a Genny Cream Ale.

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