Maya Rudolph Transforms into Beyoncé for ‘Hot Ones’ on ‘SNL’

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By Eric Todisco

Maya Rudolph rocks the Beyhive.

The 51-year-old comedian hosted “Saturday Night Live” last night and reprized her role as Beyoncé for another hilarious “Hot Ones” sketch.

Rudolph and Mikey Day, who played Sean Evans, parodied the popular YouTube show in which celebrities are interviewed while eating spicy chicken wings.

“Hi Sean Evans,” Rudolph said while dressed as 42-year-old Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter.” “It’s a pleasure for you to have me.”

Rudolph delivered various epic jokes as Queen B, including telling Day, 44, that he was “the whitest man I’ve ever seen.”

She also used country puns as an ode to Beyoncé’s brilliant new album.

After trying the first two wings, Rudolph struggled to compose himself and answer Day’s questions.

“I’m so sorry. My bones are still on fire,” Rudolph said.

Later in the segment, Rudolph couldn’t spill the tea on “Act III” of Bey’s “Renaissance” trilogy because she was dying backstage. So she took a cup of milk and poured it over Day and said, “You must kill yourself, Gollum. »

Rudolph then summoned his assistant, played by Kenan Thompson, to help him deal with the spicy wings.

Thompson, 46, put lotion in Rudolph’s mouth to freshen it.

“It does not work!” Rudolph shouted. “Why can’t I kill this?” Why is this crazy, hot show the one thing Beyoncé can’t do?

Fed up with the Hot Wings interview, Rudolph left and Thompson sat in the interview chair to answer the rest of Day’s questions.

Rudolph also channeled Beyoncé for her monologue which included a song called “Mother” for Mother’s Day.

After the episode aired, fans praised Rudolph’s hosting work on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“Did Maya Rudolph just win another Emmy for hosting the Mother’s Day episode of #SNL??? a fan wrote.

Another fan said“We have a sequel to Bey on Hot Ones,” with a crying with joy emoji and a heart emoji.

A third fan tweeted that Rudolph’s Beyoncé skit was “hilarious” and they “laughed” while watching it.

The “Loot” star previously played the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer for a “Hot Wings” parody on “SNL” in March 2021, where she also had trouble eating the wings.

Rudolph has been a Beyoncé fan for years. In 2019, she delighted in overseeing the superstar’s Coachella shoot on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

“I saw Beychella… I saw it both weekends,” Rudolph said after Bey headlined the music festival in 2018. “It was the craziest thing… it changed my life,” she added. “We all witnessed something that had never been done, that was done with love, that was done with beauty, that was done with pride. »