Billboard reports Alec Baldwin has leaked news of Justin Bieber hosting Saturday Night Live later this spring.
On Monday's episode of Baldwin's "Here's The Thing" podcast on WNYC, the "30 Rock" actor delves in deep with SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels, and in the process, reveals that Bieber will host the show in the upcoming months.
Setting the scene at Michaels' office, Baldwin reads off some of the names that appear on a board of confirmed SNL hosts this season. Among them is the Justin, who previously served as the musical guest in April 2010 (and popped by for a Church Lady skit and a digital short last February) but has never hosted the show.
Michaels confirms Baldwin's announcement with a yes, 26 minutes into the podcast.
"The biggest names in the business are coming here thirty-something years [after 'SNL's debut] to host the show,” says Bladwin. “Ben Stiller, Melissa McCarthy, [who] won the Emmy award, and Katy Perry's coming and Jimmy Fallon, who's double-dipping on your payroll, Jonah Hill, and I don't want to ruin any other names, [but] Bieber's confirmed, he's the music and the [host]."
If this is true (NBC has not yet confirmed), Bieber will follow in the footsteps of fellow pop star host Katy Perry, who took the comedy reigns this past December.
Following the success of his holiday album, “Under The Mistletoe,” Bieber is currently in the studio working on his next record, “Believe.”
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