Sydney Sweeney left the “Saturday Night Live” audience quite literally stunned when she mentioned rumors of a relationship with her “Anyone but You” costar Glen Powell during her monologue.
Sweeney and Powell had been the subject of rumors about an on-set romance despite the fact that Sweeney is engaged to Jonathan Davino. Both have strongly denied the rumors, and Sweeney addressed them directly during her “SNL” monologue with a pretty funny appearance.
“I’d say the craziest rumor I’ve seen is that while I was filming ‘Anyone but You,’ I was having a relationship with my costar Glen Powell,” the actress said as some gasps could be heard in the audience. Sweeney continued, “That’s obviously not true. Me and my fiancé produced the movie together and he was there the entire shoot, and I just want to let everyone know that he’s the man of my dreams and we’re still together and stronger than ever.”
Sweeney then said, “He even came here tonight to support me, can we cut to him?” The camera then cut to Powell looking on adoringly before realizing the camera was on him.
The crowd roared with applause, but just to be crystal clear, Sweeney concluded with an enthusiastic, “Yeah no, that’s not my fiancée, he’s in my dressing room and we’ve got a great show for you tonight!”
The bit comes as “Anyone but You” has been a slow-building success at the box office after a modest launch in December. The film has now grossed $200 million worldwide against a budget of $25 million, and Sweeney recently hinted that a sequel may be in the works.
The latter part of Sweeney’s monologue was dedicated to debunking falsehoods about her online. Before the endearing Powell cameo, she said, “While I’m up here I do want to talk about some stuff I’ve seen about me online. Like I once said I used to work at Universal Studios and then someone online accused me of lying about that. Which is insane. If I didn’t work there, how would I know all the Universal characters like Shrok, the Monions and Harry Porter?”
Sweeney continued:
“Then just last week a woman on TikTok went viral because she claimed she was my nutritionist. I’ve never met her and also I’ve never had a nutritionist. I’m in shape because I run, avoid sugar and do Ozempic.”
Watch the monologue in the video above.