US presidential hopeful Vice President Kamala Harris has landed one of her biggest celebrity endorsements yet: appearing on the long-running US TV show Saturday Night Live opposite the woman who sends her up. Actor and comedian Maya Rudolph first impersonated Ms Harris on the programme in September 2019, depicting a fun aunt holding a cocktail that was ready to be America’s “Mom-ala”. However, after US President Joe Biden dropped out of the election and Ms Harris was nominated by her party, the show has changed tact, showing a more serious vice president capable of being Commander in Chief.
In a skit on Saturday, Rudolph, performing as Ms Harris said: “Gosh I wish I could talk to someone who has been in my shoes. A Black, South Asian woman running for president, preferably from the Bay Area.” Rudolph sat in front of a mirror and with a quick camera angle change, the real Ms Harris was revealed sitting opposite.
“You and me both sister,” Ms Harris replied as the audience erupted with laughter and applause. The two sat at the empty mirror, framed with light bulbs to emulate a professional make-up room, exchanging both kind words and jokes, at one point volleying off each other, making up words to rhyme with Kamala. “The American people want to stop the chaos, and stop the ‘drama-la’, with a new ‘step-mom-ala’,” the duo quipped.
The skit appears to have been carefully crafted alongside Ms Harris or her team. The vice-president only shared positive remar.