For the entirety of Kanye West’s first performance on the “Saturday Night Live,” many viewers had something else on their mind: why was host Ben Affleck crying?<\/p>\n
While introducing West to the live audience, Affleck, who had been struggling to keep from unintentionally laughing in the show’s early sketches, maintained an oddly somber facial expression<\/p>\n
The Oscar winner, in fact, appeared to be fighting back tears as he, with a dejected, cracking voice, joked that Kanye was the person everyone truly “came here to see.”<\/p>\n
Given the playfully sarcastic, cordial and upbeat nature of the line, Affleck’s sad facial expression and whimpering delivery seemed particularly out of place.<\/p>\n
Thousands of social media users shared their questions about Affleck’s demeanor; none, at least as of press time, had answers.<\/p>\n
Update<\/strong>:\u00a0Affleck continued to perform as if nothing was wrong. \u00a0He did not show any signs of sadness while introducing Kanye West’s second performance<\/em>.<\/p>\n Update 2:<\/strong>\u00a0A video of Affleck’s unusual introduction (and Kanye’s performance) follows:<\/em><\/p>\n