Amelia Dimoldenberg turned the impending end of “Chicken Shop Date” into the centerpiece of her “SNL U.K.” hosting monologue on Saturday night, joking that she had finally discovered why famous guests agreed to appear on her celebrity interview series.

“I found out something devastating. Apparently, these celebrities weren’t coming on to date me,” Dimoldenberg told the audience. “They were coming on to promote their work!”

The revelation followed her announcement earlier this month that “Chicken Shop Date” would be coming to an end. During her monologue, Dimoldenberg mined the show’s deliberately awkward dating premise for a pointed explanation of what had supposedly been happening all along.

Andrew Garfield became the subject of one of her more suggestive punchlines.

“It makes so much more sense now. Andrew Garfield had a film out!” she said. “When he kept saying, ‘I’m looking forward to the big release,’ I thought that was a sex thing.”

From Elmo to Ed Sheeran

Dimoldenberg also looked back at some of the prominent names she has interviewed, including Idris Elba and Cher, before setting up a joke involving Elmo and Ed Sheeran.

“I’m incredibly privileged to have done so many interviews with people like Idris Elba, Cher, and even a world famous red-headed puppet with a hand up his arse telling him what to say,” she said.

An image of Elmo then appeared, prompting Dimoldenberg to respond: “No, the other one!” Sheeran’s face subsequently flashed on the screen.

The joke arrived after Sheeran drew controversy in recent weeks for dropping Macklemore from his tour following a political speech in which Macklemore said “free Palestine.”

Dimoldenberg embraces the awkwardness

For the closing stretch of the monologue, Dimoldenberg shifted her attention to the persona that has defined her work. She recalled her early days at a youth center in London and the lesson she took from that experience.

It taught her, she said, that “I am an awkward girl, and there’s no shame in that. Just huge profit.”

She then framed that awkwardness as something she did not need to leave behind in order to find success.

“I am proof that you don’t have to stop being awkward to be successful,” Dimoldenberg said. “I am proof that you should always be yourself.”

Her list of places to maintain that commitment included “Chicken Shop Date,” the Oscars red carpet, “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” an upcoming romantic comedy and the sketches on “Saturday Night Live U.K.”

“Be yourself on ‘Chicken Shop Date.’ Be yourself on the Oscars red carpet. Be yourself in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2.’ Be yourself in your upcoming rom-com. Be yourself in all of the sketches during ‘Saturday Night Live U.K.,’” she said.

Dimoldenberg finished with one final comparison linking her message back to the food at the heart of her interview series.

“Just like the chickens I love to eat,” she concluded, “you don’t have to have range.”