SNL: Paul Rudd is One Direction’s Biggest. Fan. Ever.

And he will stop at nothing to prove it

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Last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live featured Paul Rudd as host and One Direction as musical guest — and oh, oh, oh, what a delightful combination it was. In one of the night’s best sketches, Paul Rudd played a super-dedicated (and just slightly creepy) grown man who camped out among hordes of tween girls following a concert, waiting for the boys to emerge.

He boasted a wealth of 1D trivia — “On the count of three, what was the name of Louis’s first dog? Ted!” — and made sure to diss his fellow fans for their lack of knowledge. “Oh, oh oh, you don’t know your basic facts,” he taunted a young girl in sing-song. And when another tween said she planned to marry Zayn, he quietly shut her down: “I absolutely hate to tell you this, but you’re not. I know what Zayn’s into, and it’s definitely not you.”

Oh, Paul Rudd. We know you’re a great actor and everything, but the passion for One Direction just didn’t feel like acting. It felt real.

Last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live featured Paul Rudd as host and One Direction as musical guest — and oh, oh, oh, what a delightful combination it was. In one of the night’s best sketches, Paul Rudd played a super-dedicated (and just slightly creepy) grown man who camped out among hordes of tween girls following a concert, waiting for the boys to emerge.

He boasted a wealth of 1D trivia — “On the count of three, what was the name of Louis’s first dog? Ted!” — and made sure to diss his fellow fans for their lack of knowledge. “Oh, oh oh, you don’t know your basic facts,” he taunted a young girl in sing-song. And when another tween said she planned to marry Zayn, he quietly shut her down: “I absolutely hate to tell you this, but you’re not. I know what Zayn’s into, and it’s definitely not you.”

Oh, Paul Rudd. We know you’re a great actor and everything, but the passion for One Direction just didn’t feel like acting. It felt real.