{"id":238202,"date":"2026-05-04T02:47:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/jake-paul-reacts-to-olivia-rodrigo-mentioning-him-in-her-saturday-night-live-monologue\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T02:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:47:20","slug":"jake-paul-reacts-to-olivia-rodrigo-mentioning-him-in-her-saturday-night-live-monologue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/jake-paul-reacts-to-olivia-rodrigo-mentioning-him-in-her-saturday-night-live-monologue\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul Reacts to Olivia Rodrigo Mentioning Him in Her \u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 Monologue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jake-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jake Paul<\/strong><\/a> responded to his former Disney Channel costar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/olivia-rodrigo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Olivia Rodrigo<\/strong><\/a> mentioning him in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/saturday-night-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/a> opening monologue.<\/p>\n<p>During the Saturday, May 2, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/nbc-insider\/watch-olivia-rodrigo-snl-sketches-monologue-from-may-2-episode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">episode<\/a> of <em>SNL<\/em>, Rodrigo, 23, had spoken about starring in Disney\u2019s <em>Bizaardvark<\/em> as a 13-year-old alongside Paul, 29, telling the crowd that she and the boxer \u201calways talked about our futures\u201d together. She then joked, \u201cI\u2019d say, \u2018I really wanna create music that explores the complexities of girls my age,\u2019 and he\u2019d say, \u2018Well, one day I really wanna beat up old guys on Netflix.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul took to X the following day to address the comment, which seemingly referenced his 2024 Netflix boxing match against <strong>Mike Tyson<\/strong>. \u201cWe had the vision \u2026 I told you that you would sell stadiums out and then we both did \u2026 proud of you fr [for real],\u201d Paul wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The post attracted a fan reply, which noted, \u201cI think he didn\u2019t get that she laughed at him and not with him.\u201d The fan comment sparked further reflection from Paul. \u201cI got that she was making a joke at my expense. So what. She\u2019s on <em>SNL<\/em> and that\u2019s what they are supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/snl-recap-olivia-rodrigo-makes-cameo-in-tiny-ass-bag-sketch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/snl-recap-olivia-rodrigo-makes-cameo-in-tiny-ass-bag-sketch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Olivia Rodrigo Proclaims &#8216;Tiny Ass&#8217; Bags Are Trendy in Surprise &#8216;SNL&#8217; Cameo<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tOlivia Rodrigo brought the laughs (and proved her style star status) when she made a surprise appearance in a Saturday Night Live sketch. The singer, 20, served as the musical guest for the Saturday, December 9, episode of the NBC sketch comedy series, while Adam Driver hosted. In addition to performing her songs \u201cVampire\u201d and [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Paul concluded, \u201cDoesn\u2019t change my admiration of her [Rodrigo] and her success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo\u2019s monologue had also poked fun at Paul\u2019s acting ability. \u201cWhen I was 13, I was on a Disney show called <em>Bizaardvark<\/em> and we had an incredible cast which included acting legend Jake Paul,\u201d the singer said, which drew laughter from the crowd.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4325835\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:143.42857142857%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4325835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266020715-Jake.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-2266020715-Jake.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266020715-Jake.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266020715-Jake.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266020715-Jake.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266020715-Jake.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266020715-Jake.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266020715-Jake.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266020715-Jake.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266020715-Jake.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266020715-Jake.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266020715-Jake.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266020715-Jake.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Jake Paul<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paul starred on <em>Bizaardvark<\/em>, which premiered in 2016 when he was 19 years old, for 18 months while Rodrigo worked on the show for its entire three-season run. Rodrigo portrayed one of the show\u2019s main characters Paige Olvera, while Paul served as a series regular named Dirk Mann.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4325834\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:150%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4325834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266779286-Olivia.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-2266779286-Olivia.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266779286-Olivia.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266779286-Olivia.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266779286-Olivia.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266779286-Olivia.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266779286-Olivia.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266779286-Olivia.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266779286-Olivia.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266779286-Olivia.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266779286-Olivia.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266779286-Olivia.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2266779286-Olivia.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Olivia Rodrigo<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Amy Sussman\/Getty Images for Vanity Fair<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once Paul left the show, he focused on building his YouTube channel, which eventually evolved into a professional boxing career and a lead role in the reality TV series <em>Paul American<\/em> (the Max series, which followed Paul and his brother <strong>Logan Paul<\/strong>, wrapped season 1 in 2025 and a second season has not been confirmed.)<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo, meanwhile, launched a successful singer-songwriting career that has earned her three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/grammys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grammy Awards<\/a> so far. (She took out Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album for 2021\u2019s Sour and Best Pop Solo Performance for \u201cDrivers License\u201d at the 2022 Grammy Awards.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4325836\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.714285714286%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4325836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-674949170-Jake-Olivia.jpg?w=2400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Disney stars in 2017: (l-r) Lele Pons, Madison Hu, Olivia Rodrigo and Jake Paul<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Image Group LA\/Disney Channel via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During Rodrigo\u2019s <em>SNL<\/em> monologue, she reflected on the remarkable fame she has achieved. \u201cA lot has changed for me since my first single \u2018Drivers License,\u2019 which was about the biggest event in my life when I was a teenager,\u201d she detailed on the show just prior to performing a parody version of the single.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/jake-paul-reacts-to-olivia-rodrigo-mentioning-him-on-snl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Paul responded to his former Disney Channel costar Olivia Rodrigo mentioning him in her Saturday Night Live opening monologue. During the Saturday, May 2, episode of SNL, Rodrigo, 23, had spoken about starring in Disney\u2019s Bizaardvark as a 13-year-old alongside Paul, 29, telling the crowd that she and the boxer \u201calways talked about our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-238202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}