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‘SNL’ Cold Open: Ryan Gosling, Kate McKinnon Recall Wild Alien Abduction


McKinnon reprised her role as Colleen Rafferty for the latest entry in the 'Close Encounter' series

Ryan Gosling, this week’s Saturday Night Live guest host, teamed up with SNL alum Kate McKinnon and Sarah Sherman in an opening sketch in which they described to government investigators their experience being abducted by aliens. Lounging with legs apart and puffing on a cigarette, McKinnon’s character recalled being “vacuumed” up into an extraterrestrial aircraft. The aliens, he explained further, were “smooth down there.” Gosling–who had a hard time not cracking up–then stood up so that McKinnon’s character could reenact–without any coyness–how the otherworldly lifeforms conducted their inspection.

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