Ronda Rousey lost her UFC title recently to Holly Holm, but she isn’t letting go of the spotlight.
The former champ will host Saturday Night Live on January 23, along with musical guest Selena Gomez. A match made in heaven, to be sure.
I’m, um, wary of this hosting thing. Rousey is incredibly charismatic and can be very funny, but it takes a certain type of person to be funny on Saturday Night Live. Athletes are not generally this type of person. Heck, most actors aren’t this type of person. There has been one funny SNL athlete host ever, Peyton Manning. That’s it. That’s the list.
The writing staff will try to play up Rousey’s strengths, however, so I’m looking forward to the sketch when she puts Kenan Thompson in an arm bar.