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Kamala Harris thinks Maya Rudolph does a great job portraying her on “SNL.”

Kamala Harris thinks Maya Rudolph does a great job portraying her on “SNL.”

Long before the start of “Saturday Night Live's” 50th season, now airing in two weeks, fans of Maya Rudolph's impersonations of Kamala Harris praised her ability to take on the role of the veep-turned-presidential-candidate so well and now Harris has seen her in action and is also a fan.

During her appearance on “The View” this week, Harris watched a clip of Rudolph from the Sept. 28 episode of “SNL,” in which the comedian says in a skit, “I'm so happy to be campaigning, whatever.” what swing state I'm in.” m in, which I will simply refer to as Wisconsi-Pensyl-Va-Georgia. Because I will protect your Va-Georgia.” And luckily for Rudolph, she loved it.

“Oh my God!” Harris said to Joy Behar and the rest of the show's co-hosts. “I didn’t see that! She is that good. Maya Rudolph, she is so good. She is that good. She had the whole thing – the suit, the jewelry, everything. Wow, the mannerisms!”

In an interview with Variety, Rudolph spoke about her process of internalizing Harris' vibe, saying, “The fictional Kamala we created tapped into her fun. And then ('SNL' producer) Steve Higgins said to me that his.” My wife called her a “funny aunt” and we laughed at how that sounds like “funny.” From then on we just kept going. That was the moment when you realized, 'Oh, now I know how to do this.'”

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