Dakota Johnson has revealed a birthday surprise linked to her return to Saturday Night Live, and she loves the show more than anything. The actress recently swung by an interview taping in New York with fresh, self-cut bangs and plenty to say. Verity, her new thriller, arrives next month. Yet her calendar holds another date she has been circling for a while, and the timing could not be more theatrical.

While most people wait for cake, Johnson will wait for the clock to strike midnight on live television, and the exact timing makes the moment even sweeter.

Dakota Johnson will officially turn a year older live on air during Saturday Night Live. She hosts on October 3rd, skipping the Valentino show in Paris, and her birthday follows on the 4th.

"I'm hosting on the third and my birthday's the fourth, so in the middle of the show, it'll turn into my birthday," Johnson told Vogue in an interview.

She then added, "I love SNL more than anything."

The chat took place on Vogue's The Run-Through podcast, where host Chloe Malle asked about Johnson's hosting history. Johnson confirmed this is her third time, which puts her over halfway to the five-timer club, a group that includes Malle's mother, Candice Bergen. Her love for the show began in her childhood, when she watched the Chris Farley and Adam Sandler era with her brothers, and she has since watched everything.

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While Johnson has clearly studied Saturday Night Live for years, her own talent for deadpan comedy may be the stronger audition tape.

Dakota Johnson proved the point recently while promoting Verity alongside Anne Hathaway. During a Movie LUTs game, the cast had to name films by their color schemes, and Johnson failed to identify her own 2024 superhero outing, Madame Web. Her reaction was to say she did not remember that movie at all, a deadpan line that quickly went viral. The remark is yet another example of her effortlessly roasting the film she has made it clear she would rather forget.

The habit dates back to February 2024, when Johnson told BuzzFeed UK that she had not even seen Madame Web yet. She later roasted the movie on Saturday Night Live itself and has since cited studio pressures for how far the final cut drifted from the original pitch. The backlash, she admitted, did not surprise her one bit. Madame Web may be forgotten by Johnson, but the jokes keep coming, and she will have a live studio audience for the next batch when her birthday rolls in on Saturday Night Live.

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