Jake Gyllenhaal Stuns Fans With His Stellar Vocals During ‘SNL’

On Saturday night, Jake Gyllenhaal hosted “Saturday Night Live.”

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This would be his first time hosting since 2007 – fifteen years ago.

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He said “looking back, I feel like I was a totally different person.”

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During his 2007 monologue, he sang a song from “Dreamgirls” in “full drag.”

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“There I am in full drag, singing a song from Dreamgirls, to promote a movie where I played a gay cowboy,” he said.

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Kristen Wiig, Amy Poehler, and Maya Rudolph were his backup singers at the time.

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This time, he talked about his hosting skills “suddenly coming back” to him.

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He then sang “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” by Celine Dion.

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This time, his backup vocalists were Chloe Fineman, Cecily Strong, and Ego Nwodim.

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