Walton Goggins is ready to go live on “SNL.”
The “The White Lotus” star and “The Righteous Gemstones” actor will make his hosting debut May 10 with Arcade Fire as the musical guest. Goggins has had a viral 2025 already, with a slew of fandom surging after his character on “The White Lotus” became a fan favorite.
In addition to Goggins, the final three shows of “SNL” Season 50 will be hosted by Quinta Brunson (May 3) with musical guest Benson Boone, and Scarlett Johansson (May 17) with musical guest Bad Bunny.
“SNL” recently caught flack for spoofing Goggins’ “The White Lotus” co-star Aimee Lou Wood, who played Goggins’ onscreen love interest. Titled “The White POTUS,” the sketch had “SNL” actor Sarah Sherman donning fake teeth to portray Wood. In turn, Wood deemed the skit “mean and unfunny” and later added, “At least get the accent right seriously, I respect accuracy even if it’s mean.”
She continued, “So, to conclude today’s rant: @hbo — kind and supportive and never wronged me so leave them alone. @nbcsnl — mean. Such a shame cuz I had such a great time watching it a couple weeks ago. Yes, take the piss for sure — that’s what the show is about — but there must be a cleverer, more nuanced, less cheap way?”
Wood announced that she received an apology from “SNL” after the backlash. “On a positive note, everyone is agreeing with me about it so I’m glad I said something instead of going in on myself,” she wrote.
Meanwhile at the time, Goggins had captioned “Hahahahha Amazingggg” on the video of the skit.
Goggins has starred in “Fallout” Season 2, and also led his wife Nadia Conner’s narrative feature directorial debut “The Uninvited” alongside Pedro Pascal. He previously said that being cast in “The White Lotus” is a “golden ticket” for actors.
“But more than that, it was just the opportunity to go on a journey that comes from that man’s [creator Mike White’s] imagination. Things that are interesting to him are interesting to me,” Goggins told the Daily Mail. As for the season finale, he said, “I’m so relieved it’s out in the world,’ he says of that final episode. ‘It’s been uplifting getting to finally talk to people about it. For the first time in a long time I can exhale. A big exhale. [The character] Rick Hatchett was a lot to carry.”
