Cecily Strong shows off baby bump at 'SNL 50,' plays pregnant 'Weekend Update' character
The former "Saturday Night Live" star, who is pregnant with her first child, returned to the NBC sketch show for its 50th anniversary special on Sunday. Strong, 41, showed off her baby bump on the red carpet, where she rocked a black dress.
She later appeared on "Weekend Update," and her pregnancy was incorporated into the sketch. The "Schmigadoon!" star reprised her character of the "girl you wish you hadn't started a conversation with at a party," who was rubbing her belly as her segment began and asked, "Notice something different about me?" When "Weekend Update" anchor Michael Che asked if she was pregnant, she shot back, "Wow, you just assume I'm pregnant, just because I have a baby inside me?"
Strong's character wondered out loud if she really wanted to "bring a baby into this world" or if she should "keep her in here for another three-and-a-half years."
Cecily Strongis expecting her first child: 'Very happily pregnant from IVF at 40'
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The segment then revealed the father of the child was none other than Drunk Uncle, the "Weekend Update" character played by Bobby Moynihan. Colin Jost expressed surprise that Drunk Uncle was going to be a dad, to which he replied, "Hey, if Alec Baldwin can do it."
SNL 50' bringsback 'Black Jeopardy!' with Eddie Murphy and Tom Hanks
Strong, who was a cast member on "SNL" from 2012 to 2022, announced in November that she was "very happily pregnant from IVF at 40." In an Instagram post, she said she was "really really hopeful" about getting to meet her "little miss thing" in the spring.
The comedian tied her pregnancy announcement to the November presidential election, which at the time was only a few days away. She wore a "pregnant, pro-choice and proud" shirt in the photo she posted.
"It's kind of insane and scary to disclose all of this," Strong wrote. "But for me - it's much scarier to think about what could happen after Tuesday's election. I currently live in a state where I will be able to receive all the healthcare I may possibly need. But we won't be safe anywhere in the US if there is (a) national ban like the one promised by Project 2025."
Strong joined a long list of "SNL" stars who returned for the star-studded 50th anniversary special. The "Weekend Update" segment also included Bill Murray, who ranked "Update" anchors from worst to best.
"I have to disqualify myself because my entire time here, I was on performance-enhancing drugs," he joked.
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