“Abbott Elementary” star and creator Quinta Brunson is short and she isn’t afraid to flaunt it. Hosting “Saturday Night Live” for the second time on May 3, Brunson opted to deliver her opening monologue in musical form, breaking into song and singing about the many benefits and joys of being short. “Shorties, tonight, this one’s for us,” Brunson (flanked by dancers) said, shouting out perks like getting “wasted on one glass of wine” and wearing crop tops as dresses.
Brunson’s next verse shouted out some of Hollywood’s shortest, highest-achieving celebrities, including 4’8” Olympian Simone Biles, 5’7” actor Tom Holland and 5’5” “Not Like Us” rapper Kendrick Lamar. Continuing to dance and sing her way through the monologue, Brunson was joined on stage by “Short N’ Sweet” songstress Sabrina Carpenter, who joked about their mutual experiences being short. “When you eat short rib, does it just taste like rib? When you read short stories, are they just novels?”
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Carpenter and Brunson continued the celebrity shoutouts with a reference to “The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White (who’s 5’7”) and ended the number agreeing that life is “just more fun when you’re fun-sized.”
Though he didn’t take part in the number, the musical guest for Brunson’s second SNL episode is “Beautiful Things” singer Benson Boone, who made headlines with his breakout performance at Coachella last weekend.
In addition to appearing in the same “SNL” episode, Boone and Carpenter were both nominated for Best New Artist at the 2025 Grammys, though the award ended up going to Chappell Roan.
Watch the monologue below.
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