New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- NEW YORK - Inde Navarrette made her Saturday Night Live hosting debut on Halloween, bringing her Obsession breakthrough to Studio 8H alongside musical guest Gracie Abrams. The October 31 episode also brought back Tom Hanks as David S. Pumpkins, giving the first-time host a returning Halloween character for company.

Navarrette's opening monologue included a response to Shane Gillis's earlier joke about women's gym clothes, The Hollywood Reporter reported. She turned the subject back on herself while discussing the workouts required for her upcoming role as Rogue in X-Men.

Her horror-film persona supplied another setup. Navarrette told the audience she was unlike Nikki, her character in Obsession, before a scripted cu...