“She started singing, and it was, like, we all stopped.”
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Bill Haderand hisSaturday Night Livecolleagues likedAdelebefore it was cool.
“And she started singing, and it was, like, we all stopped.
Bill Hader; Adele on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 2008.Credit:Getty(2)
We opened the curtain and everybody looked down, and went, ‘Who is that?'”
“Should I look in the camera, where am I looking?”
she asks in the 2008 footage.
Adele hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 2020.Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
“I’m just kind of looking lost!”
“The whole country was watching for other reasons,” he remembered.
“It just happened to be that show that Sarah Palin was on.
And when they landed, she was almost number 1.”
The documentary also includes older footage of Adele reflecting on the show shortly after her appearance.
“It ended up being a huge show, and literally overnight!”
Adele says in the footage.
And it was overnight, literally overnight, so."
Later,Dua Lipadiscussed the power of theSNLstage.
“After she performed here, her whole career took off in America.
Now it sounds ridiculous, cause you’re like, ‘Hey, it’s Adele!’
the “Levitating” singer said.
“But everybody has to start somewhere.”
Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Musicis now streaming on Peacock.
