Bob Dylan‘s private meeting with Pope Leo XIV earlier this month had Saturday night’s (Nov. 14) SNL cast dreaming up what the celebrated pair actually talked about during their Vatican get-together.
Little was publicly reported about their conversation, though it was supposedly “brief, consisting of greetings and a few lighthearted exchanges.” The Catholic headquarters shared a photo of them on Instagram.
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“The photos of their meeting went viral, but the conversation that followed has remained a mystery. Until now,” the opening crawl of Saturday Night Live‘s “Bob Dylan & The Pope” bit reads.
The parody, starring host John Mulaney as Pope Leo XIV and cast member James Austin Johnson impersonating Dylan, didn’t make it to air Saturday night — probably because of Mulaney’s pretty long monologue, and a nine-minute Central Park horse-and-carriage musical skit — but was it was uploaded to SNL‘s YouTube channel late Sunday afternoon.
The two ask each other questions in the sketch that wasn’t televised during Saturday night’s live episode, which featured musical guest Phoebe Bridgers performing Lost Weekend highlights “Bobby” and “Still Standing.”
SNL‘s version of Dylan candidly says Bob Dylan fans are “my least favorite type of person” — and that he has “complete Alzheimer’s about anything interesting that happened in my life” — leaving the Pope awkwardly attempting to keep the convo afloat.
Wearing a black hoodie under a black jacket, Dylan quips, “I told my stylist, ‘Make it look like I’m about to deejay my own funeral.”
See how his meeting with Pope Leo XIV presumably went below.
