Just a day after our 2026 Billboard Women in Music event, the new Saturday Night Live promos starring this weekend’s host and musical guest Olivia Rodrigo are flashing back to the 2022 Women in Music ceremony.
At that year’s event, Rodrigo — one year after her “drivers license”-fueled eight-week reign atop the Billboard Hot 100 — was named our 2022 Woman of the Year. But there was one naysayer out there who didn’t think the then-teen pop star would be given the night’s top honor: SNL cast member Ashley Padilla.
“Hey, Olivia: Did you bring your 2022 Billboard Women in Music Woman of the Year award?” Padilla asks Rodrigo, out of the blue. “Uh, no. I left it at home,” Rodrigo says, to which Padilla replies, “Aw dang it, I was hoping to see it. I lost a lotttttttttttttttt of money betting against you on that one. No offense.”
Rodrigo says “none taken,” but wonders: “Who’d you bet on?” As it turns out, Padilla thought our 2026 Women of the Year — HUNTR/X’s EJAE, AUDREY NUNA & REI AMI — would win instead… three years before KPop Demon Hunters even came out. “I guess I was a fewwwwwwwww years early on that one.”
Elsewhere in the promos, Padilla confesses that she has the “medical condition” of Sour Guts, so she’s “always really related” to Rodrigo — given the names of her first two albums. Watch all the promos below:
Rodrigo is making her SNL hosting debut on Saturday’s show, also pulling double-duty for her third appearance as a musical guest on the show. The singer/songwriter is promoting her upcoming third studio album, June 12’s You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love. So far, fans have gotten one song from the album: “Drop Dead,” which debuted at No. 1 on this week’s Hot 100. It remains to be seen whether Rodrigo will perform any new songs from the album this weekend.
Saturday Night Live airs at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC and streams on Peacock. (See all the options to watch SNL here.)
Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox
Sign Up
