Overview

• Carpenter pulled double duty on the October 18 episode as first-time host and musical guest at Studio 8H.
• In her monologue, she poked fun at her "horndog pop star" persona and riffed on backlash to the Man’s Best Friend cover with a Bowen Yang–Martin Short gag.
• During Nobody’s Son, she sang an F-word twice that aired uncensored on the East Coast and Peacock, while West Coast and later uploads featured brief audio mutes.
• A separate sketch briefly cut her microphone, leading to viewer complaints and speculation on social media about a technical mishap.
• Staged performances included a bedroom-set Manchild sung into a hairbrush and a martial arts backdrop for Nobody’s Son, drawing reactions from praise to calls for FCC fines.