Live from New York: Harris making surprise 'Saturday Night Live' appearance with election looming
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U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris has made an unannounced trip to New York to appear on an episode of 'Saturday Night Live,' briefly stepping away from the battleground states she’s been campaigning in with just three days to go before the election.
Live from New York, it’s a presidential candidate scrounging for every vote in the final days before the election.
U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris made a surprise trip to New York City on Saturday to appear on "Saturday Night Live," briefly stepping away from the battleground states where she’s been furiously campaigning in favor of the iconic sketch comedy show.
Harris departed on Air Force Two after an early evening campaign stop on in Charlotte, N.C. She was scheduled to head to Detroit, but once in the air, aides said she'd be making an unscheduled stop and the plane landed at LaGuardia Airport in Queens.
Harris arrived at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, where SNL tapes, shortly after 8 p.m., enough time for a quick rehearsal before the show airs live at 11:30 p.m. It is the final SNL episode before Election Day on Tuesday.
Neither the White House nor her campaign have confirmed her appearance on the show, but it was confirmed by three people familiar with Harris’ plans who were not authorized to speak publicly about them.
Actor Maya Rudolph first played Harris on the show in 2019 and has reprised her role this season, doing a spot-on impression of the vice-president, including calling herself “Momala.”
Rudolph opened the show’s season premiere with the line: “Well, well, well. Look who fell out of that coconut tree.” And she’s joked about keeping President Joe Biden in his place.
