Amelia Dimoldenberg, host of SNL UK, uses the show’s opening monologue to make a pointed joke about musician Ed Sheeran, branding him a “red-headed puppet.” The comments are delivered as part of the episode’s early segments, with Sheeran being compared in the remarks to Elmo.
The two outlets reporting on the moment frame the gag as part of Dimoldenberg’s engagement with a recent controversy involving Sheeran. While they do not detail the full context within their headlines and summaries, both accounts agree that the monologue targets Sheeran specifically and uses the “red-headed puppet” phrase as the central line of the joke.
