Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang mocked Chappell Roan’s statements about fame and her desire for boundaries in a skit where he played the internet’s favourite pygmy hippo, Moo Deng . In recent weeks, the animal, who resides at Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi, has become a viral sensation thanks to her grouchy nature and frequently unhinged behaviour. In popular clips, the two-month-old, whose name means “bouncy pork”, can be seen hassling her keepers and her mother by butting them with her head.
She famously hates baths. However, the zoo has now been forced to put up warning signs in Thai, English and Chinese asked visitors not to splash water at her or throw objects in order to provoke the behaviour they’ve seen online. In the first episode of SNL’ s landmark 50th season, cast member Yang dressed up in an elaborate Moo Deng costume as he appeared on co-star Colin Jost’s “Weekend Update” segment to speak about Moo Denge’s experiences.
“For the past 10 weeks, I have been going nonstop,” the exhausted pygmy hippo began. “Running around, eating lettuce, trying to bite the water from a hose.” “The response has been overwhelming,” he continued.
“But it has come to the point where I need to set some boundaries.” Roan has made headlines in the past month for her statements about apparently “entitled” and “creepy” fans whom she said have been stalking and harassing her. The pop singer, who shot to fame this year with hit son.