American actress set to host Saturday Night Live’s Halloween episode on October 31, 2026, with Gracie Abrams as musical guest. Navarrette’s booking lands in the immediate aftermath of the Shane Gillis controversy and SNL UK’s on-air response, giving her episode an unusual role: the show’s first American broadcast after a fortnight in which its own spin-off publicly mocked its most contentious host.
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