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Kate McKinnon and Pete Davidson are reuniting – however not in the way in which you may assume.
The “Saturday Evening Reside” alums are teaming up with one another, together with a cat and plenty of jars of mayonnaise, for a brand new Tremendous Bowl business that may air subsequent month throughout the huge sport.
In a business for Hellmann’s mayonnaise, Davidson finds a brand new fling in “Mayo Cat,” a cat who rises to superstardom by uttering the straightforward phrase “meow,” which McKinnon errors for the animal saying, “mayo.”
When she realizes her cat has a superpower to talk, McKinnon brings the feline on a worldwide press tour and it turns into a media sensation, culminating in a pink carpet debut with Davidson, adopted by a public breakup plastered on the quilt of Individuals journal, which reads: “Mayo Cat Dumps Davidson.”
“You lasted longer than most,” McKinnon tells her cat within the business, poking enjoyable at her former “SNL” co-star, who has famously been linked to Kim Kardashian, Ariana Grande, Kaia Gerber and Kate Beckinsale.
“I made certain to test with him, and he was completely sport,” McKinnon informed CNN in regards to the Davidson joke.
“He’s a delight. He’s such a sweetie, and he’s so good. I’m an enormous fan of him as a comic and as an individual,” McKinnon mentioned about working once more with Davidson, who has appeared in earlier Hellmann’s Super Bowl commercials. “It’s all the time so good to see ‘SNL’ individuals. There’s like a glimmer within the eye and figuring out that we did this loopy factor collectively and right here we’re. It’s simply so good to see one another once more. All the time.”
Followers of “Saturday Evening Reside” know that this isn’t the primary time McKinnon has played a cat lady. When she returned to host the present final month, she introduced again her notorious skit with Billie Eilish.
McKinnon says that returning to “SNL” as a visitor host was a thrill and admits that she misses the present.
“It was so good to only give everybody a hug,” McKinnon mentioned of her “SNL” return. “I’m completely satisfied finally to have the ability to fall asleep on the time I might usually fall asleep, which is roughly 10 p.m. However I do miss the present and I miss everybody who works there terribly.”
Would she ever need to return once more? With the 2024 election arising, McKinnon, who usually portrayed Hillary Clinton on the present, mentioned she would like to make one other cameo on the NBC present.
“I hope one thing pops up,” she mentioned.