Ariana Grande says she's still 'unpacking' her “SNL” character Antonio in therapy: 'He's still with me'

The pop star also said fans have started asking her to sign photos of the character at "Wicked" premieres.

Actors often detail how difficult it can be to let go of a meaningful role once they've finished a project. For Ariana Grande, that role would be her heavily traumatized, bowl-cut-sporting Saturday Night Live character, Antonio. 

The Wicked star recently revealed that she still holds a strong connection to her viral, dead-eyed castrato a month after hosting the show.

"He's still with me, you know?" Grande told host Jimmy Fallon on Thursday's episode of The Tonight Show. "I'm still unpacking the emotional weight of Antonio with my therapist."

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The character was part of a sketch called "Castrati," which featured Antonio being presented by his parents (Andy Samberg and Maya Rudolph) to perform for Prince Enzo (Andrew Dismukes) to show off how the castration process preserved his high-pitched vocals.

Grande isn't the only person who has changed for good after the sketch aired. She also said fans have started coming up and asking her to sign photos of the character at Wicked premieres all around the globe.

"They've been coming to the premieres, which is insane," she told Fallon. “But I mean, I really — I understand it. I appreciate it."

Fallon also asked Grande about her viral "Bridesmaids Speech" sketch, in which a group of bridesmaids detail the events of their bachelorette vacation — including how the bride hooked up with a man named Domingo (Marcello Hernandez) — all to the tune of Sabrina Carpenter's hit "Espresso."

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"I think I loved it the most because you singing off-key is very rare," Fallon noted.

It was one of Grande's favorite sketches, too. "It was really fun. It was a bit that we found in the moment," she explained. "I pitched it to the writers… I said, 'Would it be funnier if it got progressively worse as it went on?'"

If you came all this way, you may as well hear about the sketches di-rect from Grande by watching the clip above.