‘SNL’ Host Quinta Brunson Conjures Sabrina Carpenter, Dwyane Wade & More While Singing About Being Short​on May 4, 2025 at 4:05 am

Quinta Brunson made her Saturday Night Live with a shorty celebration that conjured a 5′ pop icon.

During this weekend’s episode of the NBC sketch comedy show, the Golden Globe winner used her opening monologue to perform a song about being 4’11”, for which she was joined by Sabrina Carpenter and other special guests.

“Yeah, that’s right, I’m short. It’s OK,” she said. “They even tried to cast me as a kid on Abbott Elementary, and I wrote that. But I love being short, and I want other short people to know the sky’s the limit. So shorties, tonight, this one’s for us.”

After being presented with a comically tall microphone stand, Brunson launches into a song about how “there’s nothing wrong with being short,” listing some famous shorties in the lyrics.

“When you’re short you can do anything / You can flip like Simone [Biles], Olympic superstar / Or start a war with Drake, like you’re Kendrick Lamar / You can be like Tom Holland and marry a ten / Or like Sabrina Carpenter and—”

Carpenter then appears. “Wait. Sabrina, it’s the real you. What are you doing here?” asked Brunson, to which the 2x Grammy winner responded: “I mean, you were talking about being short, so I thought I’d stop by.”

They were also joined by SNL cast member Marcello Hernandez and retired NBA star Dwyane Wade, who said he “felt seen” because he’s 6’4″ but “in the basketball world, that’s like 4’10”, Shaq’s like 7’1″—I just really wanna be in the song.”