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What Kamala Harris Really Thinks About Maya Rudolph's SNL Impression of Her
Live from New York, it's...a lookalike contest?
Well, close. Because Vice President Kamala Harris yet came face-to-face with her Saturday Night Live doppelgänger Maya Rudolph.
During the acold unfastened of the November 2 episode—hosted by John Mulaney with musical impermanent Chappell Roan—the Democratic statesmanlike nominee joined, uh well, herself connected stage for a spot of a pep talk. As Rudolph's Harris prepped for her last rally successful Pennsylvania, she couldn't assistance but wonderment if she could speech to idiosyncratic “who’s been successful my shoes, a Black, South Asian pistillate moving for president, preferably from the Bay Area.”
Enter Harris, who appeared connected the different broadside of a reflector to consult Rudolph’s mentation of herself.
“It’s bully to spot you Kamala, and I’m conscionable present to punctual you, you’ve got this due to the fact that you bash thing your hostile cannot do," existent Harris, who is up against Republican nominee Donald Trump successful the 2024 statesmanlike election, said. "You tin unfastened doors."
From there, the duo—clad successful matching backmost suits, pearls and American emblem pins connected their lapels—riffed connected Harris' name.
“Take my palm-ala,” Rudolph said to her reflection. “The American radical privation to halt the chaos." As Harris added, "And extremity the dram-ala." To which Rudolph replied, "With a cool, caller step-mamala. Kick backmost successful our pajam-alas and ticker a rom-com-ala.”
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The erstwhile prosecutor's suggestion? “Legally Blond-ala.”
Because aft the November 5 election, Rudolph added, it's clip to "start decorating for Christmas, fa-la-la-la-la. Because what bash we ever say?"
In unison, they declared, “Keep calm-ala, and transportation on-ala."
Stepping distant from the vanity, Harris and Rudolph linked arms and faced the audience.
"I wanna archer you something," Rudolph said. "I'm gonna ballot for us."
Meanwhile, Rudolph already earned Harris' ballot for champion impersonator. After all, erstwhile the Vice President watched Rudolph spoof her during SNL's play premiere, she couldn't assistance but applaud.
"Maya Rudolph—I mean, she's truthful good," Harris raved astatine the time. "She's truthful good. She had the full thing—the suit, the jewelry, everything!"
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Maya Rudolph
The erstwhile SNL formed subordinate reprised her impermanent relation of Vice President Kamala Harris connected the premiere of the NBC sketch series' 50th play Sept. 28, 2024, conscionable implicit a period earlier the U.S. Presidential election, which volition spot the Democratic enactment campaigner look disconnected against erstwhile President Donald Trump.
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Maya Rudolph & Dana Carvey
The actor, besides a former SNL cast subordinate who famously played erstwhile President George H.W. Bush connected the amusement successful the '80s and '90s, returned to the bid for its 50th play premiere to play President Joe Biden (an content helium archetypal debuted connected The Late Show With Stephen Colbert successful 2021).
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Maya Rudolph & Andy Samberg
Fellow SNL alum joined the histrion successful the Cold Open sketch to play Harris' husband Doug Emhoff.
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Maya Rudolph & Jim Gaffigan
The comedian made his SNL debut connected the occurrence arsenic Harris' moving mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
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James Austin Johnson & Bowen Yang
Johnson reprised his Trump quality connected the occurrence portion Yang made his debut arsenic the Republican leader's moving mate, J.D. Vance.
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