Miley Cyrus 'SNL' Cold Open: VMAs Jokes! (WATCH VIDEO)

Miley Cyrus kicked off her episode of Saturday Night Live by appearing in the cold open, which examined what caused the end of the United States.

Kenan Thompson and Noel Wells played two homeless people reminiscing about what happened, which led to Miley‘s performance at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.

Miley was joined backstage at the show by “Old Miley” (being played by Vanessa Bayer), who warned her that she shouldn’t be doing what she was about to do on stage. She was then joined by Robin Thicke (played by Taran Killam) and Will Smith (played by Jay Pharaoh), who said he was looking forward to a G-rated performance he could watch with his kids.