Ayo Edebiriis trying her best to get the gang together and drum up some excitement ahead of her hosting debut onSaturday Night Live!
In a promo released on Wednesday,The Bearstar, 28, has a big task ahead of her as she works to get cast membersMikey Day,Ego NwodimandMolly Kearneypsyched up for this week’s episode of the famed sketch comedy show.
“Two shows in a row man, I am beat!” Day sighs before taking a seat. Kearney, who’s been lying in the stands agrees, “Yeah, I don’t know if I can do this a third time.”
Ayo Edebiri in a promo for her hosting debut on ‘Saturday Night Live’.NBC
NBC
“What’s this I’m hearing?” she begins as hopeful music plays to accompany her uplifting speech. “This show could be the greatest show of our lives and you’re just gonna let that opportunity slip away?”
As the camera pans to show the considering faces of the cast members, it returns to Edebiri who suddenly holds a clipboard in her hands. After claiming “100 million people” will be watching, their expressions go skeptical and Day retorts, “Probably not.”
“Oh really? Because I just heard, we’re following the Super Bowl,” she replies, tapping a headset she wasn’t wearing before.
When Nwodim points out that the big game is on a Sunday. Edebiri returns to the screen decked out inSNLgear and says, “This is going to be the first show that will be live on Saturday night.”
“That’s a lie!” Kearney points as Day sounds off with a bored expression, “You’re just making stuff up.”
Admitting that she may have stretched the truth, Edebiri explains that she was trying to “get you guys hyped” for the upcoming show and her hosting debut. When she adds thatJennifer Lopezis going to be this week’s musical guest, the trio jumps with excitement and begin chanting her name as they slap a television screen on the way out of the soundstage.
“Okay,” Edebiri says with a tight smile, staring at the now broken screen. “Am I going to be charged for that?”
On Wednesday,Saturday Night Liveannounced that Edebiri and Lopez would be appearing as respective host and musical guest on Feb. 3.
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Edebiri, meanwhile, will host the show for the first time as she comes off a successful awards season. She recently took home anEmmy,Golden Globeand Critic’s Choice award for her performance as Sydney onThe Bear.
source: people.com
