Kamala Harris Watches Maya Rudolph's 'SNL' Impression and Praises the Manners: 'She's So Good!'

On “The View,” Kamala Harris gave a live reaction while watching Maya Rudolph impersonate her on “Saturday Night Live.”

The vice president watched in awe as Joy Behar cued a clip of Rudolph from the Sept. 28 episode of “SNL,” in which Rudolph says, “I'm so happy to be campaigning, no matter the swing state.” I am located is simply referred to as Wisconsin-Pensyl-Va-Georgia. Because I will protect your Va-Georgia.”

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Harris' mouth widened at the punch line as the presidential candidate clapped and laughed with joy. “Oh my God!” she said. “I didn’t see that!”

“She's so good. Maya Rudolph, she is so good. She’s so good,” Harris continued. “She had the whole thing – the suit, the jewelry, everything. Wow, the mannerisms!”

In July, it was announced that Rudolph would return to Studio 8H to portray the Democratic presidential candidate. She was joined in the Season 50 premiere of the NBC sketch series by Jim Gaffigan as Harris' running mate Tim Walz and Andy Samberg as her husband Doug Emhoff. Additionally, Dana Carvey returned to “SNL” to portray President Joe Biden, while cast members Bowen Yang and James Austin Johnson play JD Vance and Donald Trump, respectively.

Rudolph, a mainstay on “SNL” from 2000 to 2007, first played Harris on “SNL” in December 2019 and won the Emmy for guest actress in a comedy series despite only having a few lines in a presidential debate skit . She returned to play Harris opposite Jim Carrey's Biden during the 2020 election cycle, and she played Harris again when she hosted the series in March 2021, which earned her another Emmy for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. (She was nominated again for her last guest appearance on May 11, 2024.)

In her first episode as Harris on September 28, Rudolph announced, “The Funt has been rebooted,” referring to Harris' role as America's “fun aunt.”

Rudolph explained how she created her version of Harris within her diversity Cover story in September. “I said, 'When I see her, I see she's having fun,'” she said. “And so the fictional Kamala we created took advantage of her fun. And then Steve Higgins (producer of “SNL”) said to me that his wife called her a “funny aunt,” and we laughed at how that sounded like “funny.” We just moved on from there. That was the moment when you realized, 'Oh, now I know how to do this.'”

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