Harry Styles is set to return as host and musical guest this week on Saturday Night Live, but his place almost got stolen during rehearsal when it got 15 minutes late.

On Wednesday, March 11, the teaser of the NBC late-night sketch-comedy show, Marcello Hernández appeared, imitating Styles’ outfit and haircut, pacing his way towards the Studio 8H stage.

Right when he was starting on Styles’ new song, American Girls, in his place, the Grammy winner and Kenan Thompson overlooked the whole thing.

“I thought you weren’t coming, so I thought I would just go on as your understudy,” Hernández was startled when he noticed them and explained.

Styles pushed back, saying he was only 15 minutes late because he and Thompson had stepped out for a couple of pain au chocolats, “a tradition when I host.”

“You forgot the pain au chocolat,” Thompson then playfully scolded Hernández.

While Styles has appeared on SNL several times as a musical guest, Saturday’s episode will mark just his second stint as host, following his debut in 2019.

The appearance also comes shortly after the release of his latest album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, which dropped last week.

The record serves as the follow-up to his 2022 album Harry’s House, which won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2023.