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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘SNL's Weekend Update Sees Triumphant Return Of Ego Nwodim's Crowd-Pleasing Alter Ego Miss Eggy (No FCC Slip-Ups This Time)
Miss Eggy is back and men ain't what? Amid a whirlwind Season 50 finale episode featuring a traditional Weekend Update joke swap, the Saturday Night Live anchor desk also saw the triumphant return of crowd favorite Miss Eggy, an ebullient and pun-filled comedic alter ego of MVP Ego Nwodim's. More from Deadline 'Saturday Night Live' Opens With 'Fake' Donald Trump Defending Qatar's 'Gift' Of A Jumbo Jet — An Hour After The Real POTUS Did The Same 'SNL' May Avoid FCC Probe Over 'Sh*t' Talk From Studio Audience During Weekend Update Skit Weekend Update Joke Swap Sees Michael Che Atone For Scarlett Johansson Joke As Colin Jost Comes For Lorne Michaels' Throne: "Retire B*tch" This time, the comedienne was asked back to comment on Newark's airport safety, acting out a bit while on a JetBlue flight. 'You know her, you love her, you got her fined by the FCC,' Jost introduced, as Nwodim's character quickly got down to brass tacks about the real problem plaguing travel: bad airplane cuisine. Ever the wordsmith and whip-smart as always, Miss Eggy refused the butternut squash ravioli, telling the attendant, 'more like, better-not offer me that mess 'till you put some meat in it,' punctuating the statement with her signature 'sucka!' She added in a separate one-liner about dry Biscoff cookies: 'More like you about to piss a bisc-off.' Another top contender: 'Flight attendant saying the only sandwich they got on this plane is a turkey pesto on ciabatta. All I know is this bitch ci-boutta lose her life. That bread was harder than my man when I get out the tub; his name's Maurice, but I call him Tray, because he stay in the upright and locked position.' Miss Eggy's other gripe? 'And y'all went and took peanuts off the plane because everybody wanna have an allergy. If you don't take a Benadryl and shut your gay ass up.' 'And how about that TSA, huh? Putting on them Papa Smurf gloves, thinking they can feel me up just because I got a gun,' she said, as she prompted the audience for another call-and-response. While the crowd accurately shouted-out earlier that Miss Eggy don't 'play,' it was remiss to respond 'strapped' when she asked, 'Cause Miss Eggy stay what?' Nwodim concluded her time with a truly terrific Eggs Benedict pun, and based on audience response, it seems the midsize bag-carrying problematic auntie comic is welcome to the anchor desk anytime. Watch the bit above. Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds 'Nine Perfect Strangers' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out? Everything We Know About Ari Aster's 'Eddington' So Far
NBC News
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
"SNL" star Ego Nwodim sports Crystal Palace shirt after cousin Eberechi Eze leads team to FA Cup win
"Saturday Night Live" cast member Ego Nwodim celebrated the end of the show's historic 50th season the usual way, by socializing on stage in Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center in New York City. She was there with the host, Scarlett Johansson, the musical guest, Bad Bunny, and fellow cast members. But her heart may have been dreaming of celebrations on the other side of the Atlantic. Nwodim made sure cameras captured her upper torso as she sported a Crystal Palace jersey with the name of her cousin, English soccer star Eberechi Eze, on the back. Hours earlier, Eze had helped Palace win the first major trophy in its 120-year professional history, scoring the only goal in the Eagles' 1-0 win over Manchester City in the FA Cup final. In a 2023 interview for the Crystal Palace website, Eze revealed the family relation and said he had given Nwodim one of his jerseys. 'That's my cousin,' he told a team interviewer who asked why an "SNL" cast member had worn his jersey. 'She came down to London and I gave her a shirt. So that's quite sick.' The shirt Nwodim wore Saturday matches the club's third shirt from the 2022/23 season. She has worn it at least one other time on the show. Nwodim and Eze share Igbo Nigerian heritage, with Eze having grown up in his team's backyard of South London and Nwodim in Baltimore. The relatives were both a part of history on Saturday. SNL completed a 50-season run that launched when it was still a hippie showcase featuring folk stars and psychedelic comedy. Eze led his team to a win at a historic place, too — Wembley Stadium.
Daily Mail
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
SNL writers are slammed as racist for 'two b*****s versus a gorilla' skit
Saturday Night Live has been slammed for a tone deaf skit describing two black women as 'b***hes.' Quinta Brunson and Ego Nwodim took part in the skit capitalizing on the viral meme '100 men vs a gorilla ', playing two women arguing with a gorilla inside an enclosure. 'Why you starin' like you got a problem? Can I have my face back?' Brunson asks. 'You think this the first time I've fought a 400 pound b***h? I used to work at Lane Bryant,' she adds, referring to the plus sized women's clothing store. Nwodim then interjects, adding: 'You up here on all fours lookin' like LGBT and the Q, sassy.' During the skit, the women refer to each other as b***h as an apparent term of endearment, with Nwodim telling Brunson 'that was good b***h' after she made a joke at the expense of the gorilla. Brunson answered: 'Thank you b***h.' Separately, she said to the gorilla, 'you supposed to be all big and strong? Stand up. It's giving one of the gworls' - which is a slang word for 'girls' to refer to women, especially those within the black trans community. The sketch has been widely panned on social media, with a post from the SNL team inundated with criticism. 'Incredibly offensive and ignorant to address any woman as a B**CH from an entire television network,' one wrote. Another added: 'Y'all might as well go ahead and say ''two black b**ches vs a gorilla.' A third critic said 'this don't sit right with me at all. ''Can I have my face back?'' 'LGBT and Q'' + fat shaming? ''It's giving one of the girls''. No way they are this tone deaf... This is flat out disrespectful.' 'This had to go through multiple people after being written, and not a single one of them thought this was a bad idea?' another asked. 'They're back to mocking black women using two black women? Yuck.' Others pointed out that the joke started as 100 men vs the gorilla, yet has somehow devolved into 'two black women' vs the gorilla. The initial meme began on X and swept the internet last week, with people like Elon Musk and MrBeast weighing in. two bitches vs. a gorilla — Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) May 4, 2025 The sketch has been widely panned on social media, with a post from the SNL team inundated with criticism It posed the question about whether 100 men could take down a single gorilla, to which Musk said he'd be willing to volunteer. 'Sure. What's the worst that could happen?' he asked. Mike Tyson said the gorilla 'would get f***ed up' if it had to go up against 100 heavyweight champions. But critics say Brunson and Nwodim's skit was 'rooted in anti-Black racism. An African and a Caribbean cosplaying a stereotypical Black American woman is not funny.' has approached NBC for comment. Critics say Brunson and Nwodim's skit was 'rooted in anti-Black racism. An African and a Caribbean cosplaying a stereotypical Black American woman is not funny' Supporters argued that Brunson likely writes her own skits and must have approved of the sketch before it went to air. Others argued that one of the most controversial lines - 'can I have my face back?' - is a common phrase to call out a person who is staring too long, and does not have the racist connotations that others have interpreted it as. 'Maybe it's a generational thing?' one person queried while defending the phrase. Others accused critics of simply being too 'woke' or sensitive to enjoy the humor.
CNN
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Bowen Yang feels very bleeping strongly that ‘SNL' should be able to use profanity for comic effect
Bowen Yang is pleading his case for why he thinks he and his 'Saturday Night Live' castmates should be able to use profanity on the sketch show. Yang spoke his mind on Wednesday's episode of his podcast 'Las Culturistas,' which he cohosts with Matt Rogers, telling Rogers and their guest Amy Poehler that he thinks the cast should be able to buck Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and use certain swear words on live television throughout the season. 'We should be able to say at least five s—s and five f—s on 'SNL' per season,' Yang said, adding that he feels 'so hampered in our comedy at 'SNL' by not being able to say' those two words in sketches. Yang argued that 'SNL' should get an exception from the FCC, a federal organization that prohibits the use of profanity from being broadcast on TV. 'It would bring a sketch to the next level,' he said. The 'Wedding Banquet' star added that he feels s— and f— 'are so comedically powerful as words, I really think it would help us.' Rogers asked Yang if the FCC 'came down' on 'SNL' after profanity was used during the April 6 episode, albeit unplanned. In the sketch, 'SNL' castmember Ego Nwodim did a bit on 'Weekend Update' where she lobbied to be the White House Correspondents Dinner event's comedic host by showing off her standup comedy chops. Nwodim, appearing as her standup persona 'Miss Eggy,' issued a call and response to the audience at one point when she asked, 'because men ain't what?' and held her mic out toward the audience, who responded by saying 's—' – much to Nwodim, and 'Weekend Update' anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che's, surprise. 'We're gonna get fined for that,' Nwodim quipped in the skit. As it turns out, nothing ever came of it, at least as far as Yang is aware. 'I don't think anything came down, which I love,' he shared on his podcast this week.
CNN
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Bowen Yang feels very bleeping strongly that ‘SNL' should be able to use profanity for comic effect
Bowen Yang is pleading his case for why he thinks he and his 'Saturday Night Live' castmates should be able to use profanity on the sketch show. Yang spoke his mind on Wednesday's episode of his podcast 'Las Culturistas,' which he cohosts with Matt Rogers, telling Rogers and their guest Amy Poehler that he thinks the cast should be able to buck Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and use certain swear words on live television throughout the season. 'We should be able to say at least five s—s and five f—s on 'SNL' per season,' Yang said, adding that he feels 'so hampered in our comedy at 'SNL' by not being able to say' those two words in sketches. Yang argued that 'SNL' should get an exception from the FCC, a federal organization that prohibits the use of profanity from being broadcast on TV. 'It would bring a sketch to the next level,' he said. The 'Wedding Banquet' star added that he feels s— and f— 'are so comedically powerful as words, I really think it would help us.' Rogers asked Yang if the FCC 'came down' on 'SNL' after profanity was used during the April 6 episode, albeit unplanned. In the sketch, 'SNL' castmember Ego Nwodim did a bit on 'Weekend Update' where she lobbied to be the White House Correspondents Dinner event's comedic host by showing off her standup comedy chops. Nwodim, appearing as her standup persona 'Miss Eggy,' issued a call and response to the audience at one point when she asked, 'because men ain't what?' and held her mic out toward the audience, who responded by saying 's—' – much to Nwodim, and 'Weekend Update' anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che's, surprise. 'We're gonna get fined for that,' Nwodim quipped in the skit. As it turns out, nothing ever came of it, at least as far as Yang is aware. 'I don't think anything came down, which I love,' he shared on his podcast this week.
