Troye Sivan Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Pictures for Loewe
Troye Sivan is fairly speechless over Timothée Chalamet’s impression of him on Saturday Night time Dwell.
“The one manner that I can describe is it’s like a bizarre f–king dream,” Sivan, 28, shared in a Sunday, November 12, TikTok video. “Timothée Chalamet was in my dream however he was me and he was sporting my garments.”
Chalamet, 27, hosted the Saturday, November 11, episode of Saturday Night time Dwell. In a single skit — titled “Troye Sivan Sleep Demon” — a personality performed by Sarah Sherman complained to her physician (Bowen Yang) about affected by sleep paralysis. Chalamet, dressed as Sivan in a white tank high and pajama pants, was then revealed to be her “sleep demon.”
“[I’m] not simply any homosexual man, homie. It’s me, Troye Sivan. Let’s go,” Chalamet mentioned in character earlier than launching right into a dance routine that ends with the Dune star flattening his pants to indicate off his purple underwear.
“What are you? Are you a demon?” Sherman, 30, requested. Chalamet answered, “I’m an Australian YouTube twink-turned-indie-pop-star and model-turned-HBO-actor Troye Sivan being performed by an American actor who can’t do an Australian accent. Bye, diva.”
(l-r) Bowen Yang, Sarah Sherman, and host Timothée Chalamet as Troye Sivan through the “Sleep Research” sketch Will Heath/NBC
Yang’s physician character famous that persons are “seeing” Sivan “increasingly now that this boy is sneaking his manner into the mainstream.”
Because the skit continued, Chalamet had one other dance routine — and Yang was fast to affix in. Ultimately, Boygenius — the band comprised of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus — entered the scene because the Sivan sleep demons multiplied. The parody ended with Boygenius dancing alongside Yang, 33, and Chalamet.
“WHY IS LIFE SO WEIRDDDDD RN LMAO IM DEAD,” Sivan captioned an Instagram submit on Sunday. The singer additionally modified his Instagram profile photograph to a snap of Chalamet from the skit.
Whereas the SNL sketch was fueled by absurdity, the present’s clarification of Sivan was rooted in fact. The Australian singer did get his begin on YouTube and appeared on varied Australian TV exhibits earlier than rising to fame within the U.S. Sivan’s debut album, Blue Neighbourhood, was launched in 2015.
He’s since appeared in varied film and TV roles, most lately starring as Xander in HBO’s short-lived present The Idol.
“I used to be actually, actually scared that I used to be going to soften down if it was not acquired effectively,” Sivan instructed British GQ of the sequence in July. “These are actual individuals to me, those who I’ve labored with for a 12 months, so I used to be like, ‘That is gonna be intense scrutiny.’ Good or dangerous. I had no concept which manner it was gonna go.”
Whereas The Idol acquired its justifiable share of backlash, Sivan wasn’t aware of the general public criticism following the premiere.
“I didn’t learn a single factor, and I had the perfect weekend of my life,” he mentioned. “I’m an actor on this present, and I went and did my very best. And now I wish to take pleasure in the results of that. I’m OK with no matter individuals wish to say about it. It’s a TV present. Individuals can hate it, individuals can like it. I actually don’t thoughts.”
