Harry Styles made a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live (SNL) before he appears as the show's musical guest and host next week.
The former One Direction star, 32, was sitting in the front row as actor and guest host Ryan Gosling delivered his opening monologue at the start of the US sketch show on Saturday (7 March).
Gosling, 45, said: "Thank you very much. I'm thrilled to be back hosting, especially now this is the perfect time to be in New York City, early March, no, it's beautiful.
"Is that Harry Styles? What are you doing here man?"
The audience screamed as Styles was shown in the audience wearing a T-shirt with a smiley face on it and the words: “I hate you.”
“Well, I'm hosting next week, and it's been a while, so I just wanted to watch, get a feel for it,” Styles replied.
Gosling said: “So professional, that's awesome you're here, I just wish someone would have told me.”
The actor began to speak about his new film, Project Hail Mary, before the camera switched to Styles, prompting Gosling to ask why, to which Styles said: “I don't know, I'm just listening.”
Gosling responded: “Well could you listen less cool? Your coolness is becoming a bit of an issue.”
The camera later moved to a split screen of the two, prompting Gosling to ask for it to be removed, but the screen went to Styles rather than the Drive actor.
It was then revealed that one of the cameramen was wearing a T-shirt which read: “I (heart) Harry.”
Gosling attempted to sing Styles's song “Sign Of The Times”, while the singer could be seen miming along from his seat, as Gosling called out: “Just please get him off the screen.”
Styles will appear on the 14 March episode of SNL, marking his second time pulling "double duty" on the show, having previously done so in 2019.
His fourth studio album, Kiss All The Time, Disco, Occasionally, was released on Friday after he performed the lead single “Aperture” at last weekend's Brit Awards.
In support of the album, Styles will head out on the Together, Together tour including 12 nights at Wembley Stadium, which would break the record for most performances by any artist in a single year at the national stadium in London.
The global tour, beginning in May, will also see Styles perform in Amsterdam, New York, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Melbourne and Sydney, while he also played a one-off show at Co-Op Live in Manchester on Friday, which is available to stream on Netflix from today (Sunday 8 March).
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