i'm here with maya rudolph. that was a clip from "loot."h it and do what you want? >> in that particular moment, they did let me run. they don't always. but no big whoop. yeah. [ laughter ] that was a little running. >> rupaul: on apple tv+. >> yes. >> rupaul: are you having fun with that? >> i am. it's a really fun show. i love that show so much. ron funches plays my cousin, not my son. and so many people. it's getting to play. it's getting to play with wonderful people, which always makes me feel funnier. and i also love a workplace comedy where it kind of feels like family. >> yeah, yeah. because, obviously, you came from "snl," where you got your chops. >> i did. [ cheers and applause ] >> rupaul: and will we -- >> i am getting laid tonight. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] wow, wow. >> rupaul: will we be seeing kamala on "snl" any time soon? >> interesting that you brought this up, because no one's asked me. [ laughter ] i have to tell you something. i have never experienced anything like this before in any of the work i've ever do

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maya rudolph, she's going to return to saturday night live through the election because we need it. joining our conversation is standup comedian and former correspondent for the daily show, roy wood, junior roy, we're gonna get to that in just a second, but first, let's start on donald trump at nabj. give us your campaign and gotten no plan, abby, they've got no plan you put donald trump on stage with three black women in front of black people. that is not someone who has a plan i do think that the trump administration was able to use that as an opportunity to try to bolster their position with black voters. and i know that the whole thing was very divisive today, you know, just in terms of whether or not you platform a candidate like that. but to me the issue was that if he's not going to debate comment, which i don't think he will. then you almost have to look at every possible opportunity to talk and ask him questions. you said this for new and improved trump. well, then let's see. and i think that for a lot of people that are outraged about trump being on that stage, should they

was played harris on saturday night live, ways, welcome the next president the united states, maya rudolph. rudolph saying, even though she's played harris for years as vip, mr. vice president, i'm speaking the experience is now more meaningful than she could have ever imagined. i spent so many years on snl, you know watching other people play presidential candidates and thinking, you know, there's no one that resembles me in the race to think that we're here now and to think that i would ever be close by association is so incredible for harris. the feeling is mutual. >> i grew up watching saturday night live. yeah. so the thought that anyone would be in any way depicting me on saturday night live was just i was a bit overwhelmed. >> pop culture center stage at the dnc. but for allison reese, it's so much more as a black woman in the comedy space. i don't normally have a lot of opportunity to impersonate somebody in the political sphere all all right. when i going to get this chance again, have you heard from camila would love to that would be so wild that unlike just doing a silly video a

snl alum maya rudolph is reportedly set to reprise her role as kamala harris when the show returns thisph won two emmys for her appearances on the show in 2020 and 2021 when she portrayed the vice president as america's fun aunt. >> good evening, america. i am vice president kamala harris. that's right, -- i am also america's cool aunt. a fun aunt. it is pronounced kamala. the name is kamala. joe. let me go to work. i think if there is one thing we learned tonight, it is that america needs a woman. woman as president. >> snl's 50th season premieres september 28. you don't want to miss it. >>> okay, if you look at the race of events, i guess the arc of events from the past months, from president biden's disastrous debate the -- debate performance at the end of june to today with donald trump, you would be forgiven for thinking the democrats are in rough shape politically speaking. donald trump held his republican national convention without much drama, just days after he survived an assassination attempt. saying nothing of the shakeup on the democratic side of the race and you might expe

next president of united states, maya rudolph. rudolph saying, even though she's played harris for years as vip, mr. vice president, i'm speaking the experience is now more meaningful than she could have ever imagined. >> i spent so many years on snl, you know watching other people play presidential candidates and thinking, you know, there's no one that resembles me in the race to think that we're here now and to think that i would ever be close by association is so incredible for harris, the feeling is mutual. i grew up watching saturday night live. yeah. so the thought that anyone would be in any way depicting me on saturday night live was just i was a bit overwhelmed. pop culture center stage at the dnc. but for allison reese, it's so much more as a black woman in the comedy space. i don't normally have a lot of opportunity to impersonate somebody and the political fear that was like, all right, i'm going to when i going to get this chance again, have you heard from camila would love to that would be so wild that i'm like just d

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vice president, i'm speaking namely from snl's maya rudolph i grew up watching saturday night live.that anyone would be it any way depicting me on saturday night live was just i was a bit overwhelmed. harris's pop culture relevance has exploded in the last, largely thanks to viral memes pop star charli xcx gave the vice president the ultimate effortless pool girls stamp of approval by posting just three words on x, camila is brat a play on the singer's latest album, which propelled harris into the gen z conversation. >> if a pop culture stuff gets a little silly, like could i have some downsides but that's also what movements are about. there are creators, their artists, there are people who write songs so that is all left to them and she'll do what she does best, which is let's just say, if you elect me here's what i'm going to do. >> well, let me just tell you something. >> i have my mother's last harris making no apologies for her style don't be confined to other people's perception strategist point to pass pop culture success in pushing harris to lean into the moment. what's you

i'm speaking >>>namely from snl's maya rudolph. >>>>i grew up watching saturday night live. yes.ght that anyone would be in any way depicting me on saturday night live was just i was a bit overwhelmed, >>>harris says. pop culture relevance has exploded in the last week, largely thanks to viral memes, pop star charli xcx gave the vice president the ultimate effortless, cool girl stamp of approval by posting just three words on x kamala is brat, a play on the singer's latest album, which propelled harris into the gen z conversation. >>>>if the pop culture stuff gets a little silly, like could that have some downsides? sure. but that's also what movements are about. there are creators, there are artists, there are people who write songs so that is all left to them. and she'll do what she does best, which is just say, if you elect me, here's what i'm going to do. well, let me just tell you something. i have my mother's laugh. >>>harris making no apologies for her style. >>>>don't be confined to other people's perception >>>strategists point to past pop culture success in pushing harr

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don't like being in court because they say very mean things about me while i am trying to sleep maya rudolph and james austin johnson had clearly nailed camila harris and donald trump. >> but the snl team has two really important casting decisions to make. who should play their running mates. now, we've been mining social media in case they need any ideas for the role of governor tim walz, stand-up comedian jim gap again, is a name that is being floated and there's also steve martin who has hosted snl 16 times. and it seems to be a fan favorite. now, another snl alum on the list, former senator al franken, who of course represented minnesota in washington, just like governor walz spoke to abby phillip last night about the all important casting question would be a possibility. >> steve is a little on the slender side. would you do if tim well, i'm i'm i'm all in this letter side to as for jd vance, we are seeing a push for zach gottlieb a gallup innocuous. >> i can see that there or jason sudeikis also can see that to take on the role of the ohio senator, there are a lot of great options to c

cheers and applause ] and next week, the very delightful rupaul will be hosting with his guests -- maya rudolphan domingo, bill skarsgard and many more. oh, boy. oh, boy. oh, boy. our first guest is an emmy-nominated and golden globe-winning actress. next, she co-stars alongside john cena in the wild new comedy "jackpot." it's streaming globally on prime video now. please welcome awkwafina. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jeff: a aqug fan of yours. >> i'm a huge fan of yours. >> jeff: i'm a huge fan of yours. thank you so much for doing this. >> thank you for having me. >> jeff: i really appreciate you coming. i love saying your name, what a great name. you know what that is? do you know that word? i didn't until today, or it had passed me by. i didn't really solidify it. now i know what a mnononym? >> it's a one thing? >> jeff: it's cher, it's madonna, it's prince, it's napoleon, i guess. no, he's -- mostly known as napoleon. that said, hey. it's taken, of course. it's from a water. did your -- did your adoption of that name have anything to do with your interest in the wa

the hollywood outlet "variety" breaking this scoop, maya rudolph will return to "snl" to play harrisext three months. >> the fox is back, baby. america's fun aunt. i'm not going to worry about the polling numbers. i'm just going to have fun and see if i can get some viral moments. mama needs a gif. going to tell my kids this was michelle obama. >> and, well, sometimes the jokes become true because the viral moments and gifs have been coming. more people and young people clearly interested in politics. and that can change things. it could put more states in play. politico reporting today, republicans' confidence in trump is slipping, and they're even buying ads in north carolina, a state that went blue only once in the past 40 years, for obama's re-election bid there. and it's hard to be a first at anything. i think most people recognize that. but being a first can also be historic and inspiring. in politics, it can be energizing. harris is, by the way, the only second black woman ever elected to the senate following carol mosley brawn. actually reflected on harris' path just this wee

and now, according to a source with knowledge of her plans committee in maya rudolph is returning to the show this fall to reprise the role this is what they do. susan they avoid taking any responsibility, not mr. vice president. i'm speaking off the latest in an iconic line of comedians who've done impersonation of famous politicians on the show, like alec baldwin is donald trump. i'm going to set my alarm for 3:20 a.m. i go sit on my golden toilet bowl tweet about it until completion and kate mckinnon as hillary clinton birth, gender, keep them coming and there are other indications that the celebrity buzz around harris is ramping up on the campaign trail grammy award winning rapper megan thee stallion performed on tuesday night at a harris rally in atlanta. part of a pattern of celebrity endorsements, analysts say that the harris campaign has embraced to court young voters she did a tiktok with megan, thee stallion after her rally. that's the sort of thing where she's commonly harris is going to be able to reach people that might otherwise again, now be tuning in until maybe the l

i'm speak we know maya rudolph is returning to play vice president kamala harris on saturday night livet who's going to play her running mate, you might have been thinking certainly the internet was that snl legend steve martin looks a lot like tim walz very sadly, you were out of luck. martin tells the la times he was approached about the role this week, but he declined saying he is not an impressionist the snl election season casting is a rite of passage for candidates at this point you may remember alec baldwin famously taking on the role of donald trump eight years ago i mean, this man is clearly unfit to be commander in chief he is a boy, shut up their birther movement. you did he says climate change is a hoax invented by china. >> it's pronounced gi this is clearly just an excuse to play all the greatest of this because let's go back. >> remember, the earlier days of the show we had dana carney as george hw bush i'm talking three, 4% tops, no more than five. let's set. so read my lips. no huge new taxes i love it. >> who should play walls or anyone else no, no, no? >> the current

potentially forfeit their nomination or office will get used to seeing a lot more of actor and comedian maya rudolphce tells cnn the saturday night live vet has been tapped to return to the sketch comedy show later this year to play vice present, carmel harris. >> think if there's one thing we learned tonight, it's that america needs a walk woman as precedent chief bows played harris in the lead up to the 2020 election, snl is set to return for its 50th season. >> i made the u.s. election season with rudolph set to make multiple appearances. representatives for rode off and nbc did not respond on to cnn's request for comment, but we look forward to seeing him. well it was an ingenious rescue in the u.s state of kansas of 314 months old boy fell into a pipe outside his home about ten feet or three meters deep underground emergency crews worked for 20 minutes to free the boy named bentley using a makeshift catch pole, similar to those used to wrangle dogs that allowed them to lift the boy out i can't imagine what she thought whenever she saw him fall because for all she knew, it was a sewer line. it w

so speaking of the snl cast, we know maya rudolph is going to come back and she's going to apply kamala harris as she has done for years if she god forbid his sick one saturday night. i'm assuming you would like lorne michaels to give you a call sure. >> i mean, i don't think they do under study, but i'd read down you never know. you absolutely never know and you'd never know they tend to be aware of people who come on the show. so maybe if lorne michaels is listening, you want to give your one last impression? >> no pram as kamabla. okay. >> no no pressure. i just want to talk about my favorite curse word you know, it starts with m and ends and madonna madonna is my favorite curse and it's better than the aaa is better than the yeah, because like madonna is like a friend's madonna is me. you know amazing. >> allison. thank you so much for making us laugh. we all needed appreciate it thank you. and thank you for joining inside politics, cnn news central starts after the break cnn is live from chicago as demo gretchen night to offer their support to a new nominee and her running mate fel

. >> and you may have heard that actress comedian maya rudolph is returning this saturday night liveoon to reprise this, or emmy award-winning snl impersonation of vice president kamala harris. >> well, it turns out that's news to rudolph for sushi pulled ru paul on the jimmy kimmel live show last night she it was announced that she was running, you know, i think i was home watching the bear and it was announced that i confirm doing this now and i was like i did what i would never have believed you if you had said, hey, one day you're gonna be playing the presidential candidate for me to think that i have anything to do with this by association is mind-blowing. >> yeah. i spent so many years on snl, you know watching other people play presidential candidates and thinking, there's no one that resembles me in the race to think that we're here now and to think that i would ever be close by association is so incredible fall comedy u.s. coming to cnn what could go wrong if i got new? he's for you. >> for me or saturday, september 14th at nine on cnn. >> okay. >> hlima, you set it aside, s

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