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Saturday Night Live Recap: Walton Goggins Charms Your Mom
The newly anointed sex symbol brings just the right amount of self-deprecation to his debut hosting gig.
(“Hollywood’s Newest Heartthrob Is a Greasy, Depressing Little Man Whom No One Saw Coming.”) It’s true, he is at a point in his career where people are interested enough in his life to enable clickbait like, “Walton Goggins’ Net Worth Feels Perfect For His Quirky Career.” (And yeah, I clicked on it as “research” for this intro. Goggins leans into his new sex-symbol status as a grimy and seductive server delighting two moms (Sarah Sherman and Heidi Gardner) and upsetting their respective sons (Mikey Day and Andrew Dismukes). Goggins’ attentiveness to the moms is a fun contrast with his complete disinterest in the sons (“How’s your sangria?” “No idea.”), and his increasingly obvious overtures, like blowing on a window and drawing a heart in the condensation, then tapping on the glass, escalate things nicely.
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