--- title: Drake and Leslie Jones Flirt and Joke in SNL Promos description: Drake and Leslie Jones joke in a promo ahead of his May 14 appearance as both host and the musical guest on 'SNL'. canonical: https://time.com/4327832/leslie-jones-drake-saturday-night-live-promo/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-12T16:05:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:22.666Z og:title: Watch Drake Sit on Leslie Jones' Lap in His 'SNL' Promos og:description: The rapper and comedian get cozy og:url: https://time.com/4327832/leslie-jones-drake-saturday-night-live-promo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Drake Sit on Leslie Jones' Lap in His 'SNL' Promos twitter:description: The rapper and comedian get cozy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Drake Sit on Leslie Jones' Lap in His Hilarious 'Saturday Night Live' Promo > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=7a247fae-66c2-4163-a1af-c86befa95ee1&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 12, 2016 4:05 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 12, 2016 4:05 PM UTC _Saturday Night Live_ cast member [Leslie Jones](http://time.com/88130/snls-leslie-jones-uses-slavery-to-make-a-point-about-being-black-and-beautiful/) is unapologetic in her thirst for Drake — at least that’s the case in the promos for the Canadian rapper’s May 14 appearance, where he’ll be serving as both [host and musical guest](http://time.com/4318648/drake-host-musical-guest-saturday-night-live/?iid=sr-link4). In the hilarious preview clips, Jones can’t stop talking about and touching Drake’s butt — going so far as to make Drizzy sit on her lap by the end of the promo. In addition to feeling up the rapper, Jones also discusses having a skit where she “spanks him like a baby,” which Drake quickly shuts down. The episode has lots of comic potential, given Drake’s acting chops (let us never forget Jimmy Brooks!) and his noted willingness to[ make fun of himself](http://time.com/4310761/drake-views-from-the-6-cover-meme/). And who could forget [his hilarious monologue from his last turn as host/musical guest?](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/01/19/watch-drake-get-in-touch-with-his-jewish-and-black-roots-on-snl/) You can watch Leslie Jones cozy up to Drake in the promo video, below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4327832/leslie-jones-drake-saturday-night-live-promo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4327832/leslie-jones-drake-saturday-night-live-promo/"},"headline":"Watch Drake Sit on Leslie Jones' Lap in His Hilarious 'Saturday Night Live' Promo","datePublished":"2016-05-12T16:05:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:22.666Z","description":"The rapper and comedian get cozy","url":"https://time.com/4327832/leslie-jones-drake-saturday-night-live-promo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","SNL","Saturday Night Live","Drake","leslie jones"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4327832/leslie-jones-drake-saturday-night-live-promo/","name":"Watch Drake Sit on Leslie Jones' Lap in His Hilarious 'Saturday Night Live' Promo"}}]}] ```