Posted 23 minutes agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownPeople Can't Stop Talking About Charli XCX's Surprise "SNL" Cameo In A Kansas City Shirt"CHARLI XCX AS SNL SALLY WAS NOT ON MY BINGO CARD."by Mychal ThompsonBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Charli XCX's latest surprise has the internet in shambles. Kennedy Pollard / Getty Images for Don Julio On Saturday, Oct. 11, during the second episode of Saturday Night Live Season 51, musical guest Role Model performed his viral hit, "Sally, When the Wine Runs Out." NBC / Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images If you didn't know, Role Model (real name Tucker Pillsbury) always brings out a celebrity guest to join him on stage during this song. Rick Kern / Getty Images In the past, he brought Al Roker during his Aug. 29 performance on Today. Role Model / Via youtu.be He brought out Hilary Duff at his Oct. 3 show at Austin City Limits. ACL / Via youtu.be And he brought out Bowen Yang during his Apr. 28 performance on The Tonight Show. NBC / Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images On SNL, when he called out, "Where's my Sally?" during the performance, the audience lost their minds when Charli appeared in the doorway as his guest. NBC / Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images Aside from the fact that Charli is hot on the scene right now, everybody couldn't stop talking about what she was wearing. The "Everything is Romantic" singer wore a black skirt and a "Max's Kansas City" T-shirt, with black sunglasses. NBC Immediately, some people speculated that her outfit was a reference to Taylor Swift, whose fiancé, Travis Kelce, plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. Kansas City Star / TNS @christinakeen / Via Twitter: @christinakeen89 @sweetenermatcha / Via Twitter: @sweetenermatcha The primary reason people would jump to that conclusion is due to the song "Actually Romantic" from Taylor's The Life of a Showgirl. Some fans believe the song is a diss track inspired by Charli's song from her album, Brat. Dimitrios Kambouris Fans speculated that lyrics from Charli's album previously referenced Taylor and her past relationship with Matty Healy. While Taylor didn't address the rumors head-on, she did explain the lyrics of the song on an Amazon Music's track by track, describing it as "a song about realizing that someone else has kind of had a one-sided, adversarial relationship with you that you didn't know about." NBC / Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty Images "And all of a sudden they start doing too much and they start letting you know that actually, you've been living in their head rent-free and you had no idea," she added."It's presenting itself as them sort of resenting you or having a problem with you but you take that and just accept it as love and you accept it as attention and affection, and how flattering that somebody has made you such a big part of their reality when you didn't even think about this," she said. "It's actually pretty romantic if you really think about it." Well, if you're part of the crowd that really hopes for Charli's shirt to be a reference to all the speculated drama, you might be disappointed. @CharliNye / Via Twitter: @CharliNye Charli's shirt is more than likely a nod to Role Model, who wore the same top in the SNL promo. NBC / Rosalind O'Connor/NBC via Getty Images Additionally, Role Model's latest album is called Kansas Anymore, and Max's Kansas City is a former New York City nightclub. Ebet Roberts / Redferns So, there are plenty of reasons for her to be wearing the shirt besides it having ANYTHING to do with Taylor and Travis, but that didn't stop the internet from collectively freaking out. Here's what they're saying: People couldn't believe Charli was his guest. One person wrote, "God DANG!!! Did NOT expect Charli XCX to be tonight's Sally!!!" NBC / Via youtu.be Someone else wrote, "CHARLI XCX AS SNL SALLY WAS NOT ON MY BINGO CARD." @jazlliyn, NBC / Via x.com "I was expecting sally to be idk bowen yang or amy poehler but this mf brings out charli xcx," another person shared. @theivyirss / Via Twitter: @theivyiriss My favorite response was from this person who thought Charli was Bowen's SNL impression from Jean Smart's episode during Season 50. NBC / Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images / Via youtu.be What do you think about Charli XCX being Role Model's latest "Sally"? Let's discuss in the comments.
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People Can't Stop Talking About Charli XCX's Surprise "SNL" Cameo In A Kansas City Shirt
October 12, 2025
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