Once upon a time, several years ago, Glen Powell was supposed to host Saturday Night Live, but the appearance never materialized.
The Running Man star was originally set to host for the release of Top Gun: Maverick, but the film was delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and his hosting opportunity was lost. “Without Top Gun,” Glen said, quoting SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels, “no one will know who the eff you are.”
On Nov. 17, Glen finally made his SNL debut, hosting episode six of Season 51 with Olivia Dean as the musical guest, and his monologue was surprisingly four years in the making.
During his monologue last night, Glen shared that when he received the call about hosting back then, his family celebrated by taking a selfie with a UPS driver named Mitch, who was delivering a package at the time. They told him to watch the SNL Christmas episode, but it never happened.
“So I didn’t end up hosting, which means for four years, this UPS driver was just going around saying ‘Glen Powell is a liar,'” Glen said.
However, Glen’s sisters, Leslie and Lauren, actually tracked down Mitch and flew him out to New York City to watch him finally host live. “He thought it was a scam, but he still came,” Glen said. “He’s in the audience tonight. Let’s give it up for Mitch the UPS driver!”
To celebrate the reunion, Glen and Mitch took another selfie, but this time on the actual SNL stage.
“I had to wait my entire life plus four years to be here,” Glen said. “But if I have learned anything, it’s that the best things in life don’t happen overnight, and no one knows that better than UPS.”
The heartwarming moment has since gone viral, and everybody is saying the same things about Glen’s epic SNL monologue, which took four years to successfully execute: