Will Heath/NBC Saturday Night Livewriters revealed toVanity Fairthe origin story behind the viral "Domingo: Bridesmaid Speech" sketch that took the NBC comedy show by storm in October They shared that the skit was actually inspired by a real-life bridesmaid speech sung off-key that circulated on social media They revealed that Ariana Grande, who hosted the episode where the sketch premiered, saw the video and knew she immediately needed to sing off-key in the bit herself The origin story of the viral "Domingo" sketch onSaturday Night Liveis so real. SNLwriters Jimmy Fowlie and Ceara O'Sullivan opened up toVanity Fairabout the inspiration behind the popular sketch, originally titled "Domingo: Bridesmaid Speech," that aired during theAriana Grande-hosted episode of the NBC show on Oct. 12. The original sketch centers around its titular character, played byMarcello Hernández. Grande, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim and Sarah Sherman starred alongside him. It begins with a group of bridesmaids who sing about the bride's bachelorette trip at her wedding, before the song (famously sung off keyto the tune ofSabrina Carpenter's hit song "Espresso") unexpectedly details Kelsey's (Fineman) affair with a man named Domingo. NBC This, naturally, makes the groom mad and he demands to know the identity of the mystery man. At the end of the song, just as Kelsey starts to explain that her former fling is behind her, Hernandez enters the scene as Domingo — and confesses to the affair. When speaking toVanity Fair, writer Fowlie explained how the sketch's origins derived from a real-life scenario that occurred at a wedding he saw circulate on social media. "I saw this thing floating around on Instagram — a maid of honor speech where shesangHamilton.God bless her, it really was so genuine," he shared. "There was something about the pained look on the bride and the groom's face that I was like, Oh, this is so good." O'Sullivan added, "Jimmy showed Ariana Grande the video of this maid of honor singing poorly. Ariana immediately understood: 'I need to sing off-key. That's what this demands of me'." MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty The original Domingo sketch was the brainchild of Fowlie and O'Sullivan, who recruited former writing supervisor Sudi Green and newly hired writer Allie Levitan to help shape it. "I would consider myself probably one of the worst singers in the cast," Fineman told the outlet. "Initially, I was like,' Oh, I'm probably the bride because I cannot sing.' Then we went to block it. I was like, 'Oh, actually, not at all. Maybe I just give bride.' " To date, Domingo: Bridesmaid Speech has racked up 19M views on YouTube. Marcello's character made his anticipated return first in an episode hosted byCharli XCXinNovemberand then again duringSNL50in February. The original Domingo sketch, which aired in October, was officially the season's most-watched on social media, earning 171 million total views, perNBC. Read the original article onPeople