Third time’s the charm! Ryan Gosling returned to _Saturday Night Live_ on April 13 for his third appearance as host on the late night sketch comedy show, which saw cameos from actress Emily

Blunt and University of Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark and featured the actor revisiting one of his most-loved_ SNL_ sketches. Gosling, 43, led the show with a hilarious, musical

monologue that saw him promise not to do "any jokes about Ken," and explaining that he'd had to "break up" with his character in Greta Gerwig’s 2023 blockbuster

_Barbie_ after they "went too deep." However, soon after, he admitted he would indeed be discussing his much-loved character, since "letting go just feels like a break

just Ryan." However, it wasn't long before Gosling was interrupted by his _The Fall Guy_ costar Blunt, 41, who admonished him for singing about Ken, "again" instead of

promoting their movie and told him to take off Ken's fur coat, which he had donned. "Ryan, you have to move on. It's time," Blunt told him before Gosling launched back

into the song. This time, the actress took matters further, hitting him over the head with a bottle (that was undoubtedly not real glass). Since that didn't stop Gosling raving about

Ken, Blunt then hit him with a plank of wood and proclaimed that, "Ken is dead." Gosling reminded her that she had starred in _Oppenheimer_ — nodding to the

"Barbenheimer" phenomenon created by the two movies in the summer of 2023 — and asked her if she ever missed it. Blunt, who was in an all-black outfit with black suede Puma

sneakers, then began singing nostalgically about her role as Kitty in _Oppenheimer_ to "All Too Well," before she was joined by Gosling as they sang about their respective movies

and characters, including that it was time to wish the characters, "farewell." However, Gosling managed to sneak in at the end that "Ken will never die!" On Sunday,

Swift, herself, reacted to the monologue, writing on X, "All Too Well (Ryan and Emily’s Version) !!! Watch me accidentally catch myself singing this version on tour. This monologue is

EVERYTHING." Elsewhere in the show, basketball star Clark appeared during the "Weekend Update" segment and jokingly admonished Michael Che for his jokes about women's

sport. Meanwhile Gosling revisited his famous "Close Encounter" sketch, including a guest appearance from the original skit's star, Kate McKinnon, who also starred alongside

the actor in _Barbie_. Gosling is no stranger to _SNL_ — having appeared as a host and guest in various capacities in the past. In fact, one of his appearances on the show is what led him

portray Ken. In a Season 43 “Weekend Update” segment, Gosling played former castmember Alex Moffat’s cousin, called “Guy Who Just Joined Soho House.” In an episode of Jason Bateman, Sean

Hayes and Will Arnett’s _Smartless _podcast, Gerwig said that the “Guy Who Just Joined Soho House” was what sparked her interest in having Gosling appear in the _Barbie _movie.  Gosling, 43,

also appeared on the show just last week during Kristen Wiig’s opening monologue, securing a coveted Five-Timers Club jacket from series creator Lorne Michaels — despite having only hosted

twice at that point. “Are you sure? I mean I haven’t even hosted three times yet,” the star said to the _SNL _creator-producer, who playfully shushed him in return. In a promo for this

week's episode, Gosling is seen working up the courage to get an autograph from country music icon Chris Stapleton, the night's musical guest. Standing outside the “You Should

Probably Leave” singer’s dressing room, Gosling runs through a few greetings for the singer, before deciding that “Master Stapleton, ‘tis I, Sir Gosling” beats out “Yo Chris, one for the

‘gram?” for an acceptable intro.  Gosling first hosted _Saturday Night Live _back in 2015, where he notably played a dad who finds himself the subject of some uncomfortable advances from his

daughter’s 13-year-old friend. Two years later, in 2017, Gosling returned again to the show as host, and reprised his role as a man abducted by aliens in one of the episode’s sketches. 

During both alien-themed sketches in 2015 and 2017, Gosling had cases of the giggles from scene partner Kate McKinnon.  _Saturday Night Live_ airs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC.