American viewers are left baffled over Jacob Elordi’s Australian accent on Saturday Night Live: ‘Sounds like he’s faking it’
He is one of Hollywood’s rising stars.
But Australian actor Jacob Elordi has left his American fans baffled by his real accent.
The 26-year-old, born in Brisbane, shocked American viewers during an appearance on Saturday Night Live when he hosted the show in his natural voice.
It seems like many American fans expected the Euphoria star to be American.
“Watching SNL and why didn’t anyone tell me Jacob Elordi has an accent? Oh,” one fan wrote on X (formerly Twitter), signing it with a crying emoji.
Hollywood star Jacob Elordi hosted Saturday Night Live – and the Queenslander stunned fans with his Aussie accent (pictured on SNL)
It seems other US fans were equally baffled when one clearly distraught fan exclaimed in all caps: “Does Jacob Elordi have an accent?”
The Saltburn star started his appearance on SNL by delivering the monologue – and one fan thought his Down Under twang was a ‘performance’.
“Jacob Elordi sounds like he’s faking his accent,” the fan wrote on X, adding:
“Sorry, I don’t think this is normal.”
The Saltburn star started his appearance on SNL by delivering the monologue – and one fan thought his Down Under twang was a ‘performance’
However, one or more fans of the X-thread seemed to know that the Kissing Booth star was from Down Under.
“Jacob Elordi has an American accent so I forget he’s Australian,” they wrote.
Meanwhile, Jacob has become a viral sensation after starring in racy new film Saltburn.
The handsome star has attracted 786,000 new followers to his Instagram since the film dropped on Amazon Prime Video last month.
The 26-year-old, born in Brisbane, shocked viewers during his appearance on Saturday Night Live when he hosted the show in his Aussie accent as many apparently expected the Saltburn star to be American.
Jacob, who plays the character Felix Catton in the black comedy, now has a whopping 13.6 million followers on the popular social platform.
According to social poker site Replay Poker, Jacob’s Saltburn co-star Barry Keoghan is also benefiting from the film’s popularity.
The Irish-born actor has gained 608,000 new Instagram followers in the past 30 days.
And the film itself continues to create excitement online, with #Saltburn attracting 4.1 billion views on TikTok.