Olivia Rodrigo tries to make her ex jealous in this SNL sketch
Olivia Rodrigo starred in an SNL sketch portraying a woman trying to make her ex jealous at a party. She teams up with a willing stranger, while her ex attempts the same tactic with a bizarre partner. The contrasting outcomes lead to humor, highlighting Rodrigo's comedic timing and Ashley Padilla's eccentric performance.
- ▪Olivia Rodrigo played a woman attempting to make her ex jealous at a party.
- ▪She pretends to be romantically involved with a nice stranger played by Tommy Brennan.
- ▪Her ex, portrayed by Ben Marshall, tries the same strategy with a woman played by Ashley Padilla.
- ▪The sketch contrasts the pleasant interaction between Rodrigo and Brennan with the ex's awkward and unsettling experience.
- ▪Ashley Padilla's performance stands out for its offbeat, almost surreal character portrayal.
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Everyone has at least one bad breakup they'd rather forget. For Olivia Rodrigo's character Saturday night, that breakup was very much front and center.The sketch finds Rodrigo at a party, freshly face-to-face with an ex she's determined to make jealous. Her solution is to recruit the perfectly nice, completely game guy standing next to her, played by Tommy Brennan. A solid plan, all things considered. SEE ALSO: Olivia Rodrigo shows off her lava cake in SNL's ShopTV sketch Her ex, played by Ben Marshall, has the exact same idea. Unfortunately, the woman he recruited for his scheme is being played by Ashley Padilla. So, while Rodrigo and her easygoing pretend date have a genuinely lovely time, the ex's night devolves into something approaching a minor psychological crisis.
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