Ariana Grande's sweet cursing slip and more from SNL

Her monologue, in which she not only referenced the moment last year when she “licked a donut (I) didn’t pay for” and earnestly sang about wanting to have a real scandal to put her over the top (I love that she dismissed her actual real scandal as dumb with just a wave like “Oh, please, y’all.) In that song, she apparently missed a word and sang “Oh, s—” and then kept singing. It was so smooth you barely noticed. I mean, you noticed, but it was almost sweet like “Oops! I gotta keep being adorable!”

The Tidal skit, where Ariana played a talented intern whose musical impressions keep the streaming service going, was obviously just a ploy to include all of her impressions, including her crack Celine Dion, complete with enthusiastic French exclamations and hand motions. Dumb sketch. But she then got to sing “I Will Always Love You.”

As a Nickelodeon veteran, she poked a little fun not only at the inanity of the “Kids Choice Awards” but the brain-dead randoms who host the red carpets on such events who have no talent other than throwing to the camera…and what happens when that doesn’t work and they’re stuck having to vamp on live TV.  Also, points for playing a character named Bynlee, because of course her name was Brynlee.

Internet outrage is fun, and also dumb – There seemed to be some kerfluffle about whether Grande was having a wardrobe malfunction during her “Dangerous Woman” number because she took off one sleeve of her black jacket and let the other one hang on her microphone as she sang. This bothered some people. I have no clue why. “Is this a thing?” some wondered? Who knows? Are y’all really that pressed about it?

My favorite was her sassy take on Sister Maria from “The Sound of Music,” who runs up on the older nuns singing “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria” and confronts them for talking about her behind her back. “Why are y’all coming for me?” she asks. I’ve always wondered. And then later in the movie version, they sing that song AT HER WEDDING. Why are you singing about me being a problem at my own wedding? Can’t a sister get married without nuns being shady at her?