Maya Rudolph is a mom of 4, however she’s additionally proving to be the mom of 30 Rock.
After Rudolph, 51, famous in her opening monologue that it was “so good to be again” for the Mom’s Day episode of Saturday Evening Reside, forged member Bowen Yang took the stage to notice, “However Maya, look, you’re not only a mother. You’re mom.” Yang, 33, added, “You had been the primary to slay the home down boots, queen!”
“Who, me? Mom?” Rudolph requested with amusing throughout her Saturday, Could 11, look on the NBC selection present earlier than including, “You’re proper!”
Forged member Kenan Thompson then proceeded to introduce Rudolph — who became a black bodysuit with reflective accents for her musical quantity — as “Mom of the Home of Rockefeller.”
Marcello Hernández, Kenan Thompson, Chloe Fineman, Punkie Johnson, Maya Rudolph, Bowen Yang, Sarah Sherman, Chloe Troast, and Devon Walker in the course of the ‘Saturday Evening Reside’ Monologue on Could 11, 2024. Will Heath/NBC
“I’m your mom / I’m your mom,” Rudolph rapped whereas exhibiting off dance strikes paying homage to “Vogue,” which Madonna dropped in 1990. “I’m your … Oops, I’ve made you dance / Bear in mind in that film once I pooped my pants? / While you had been a child, you pooped your pants and I modified your diaper / I’m your mom.”
Rudolph — who shares youngsters Pearl, Lucille, Jack and Minnie with Paul Thomas Anderson — strutted backstage whereas persevering with to sing, noting that the vacation celebrates many various kinds of moms.
“It’s Mom’s Day, y’all. In the present day we rejoice all types of moms,” Rudolph mentioned. “Stepmothers, godmothers, moms from one other brother, Dance Mothers, Octomoms.”
SNL forged member Chloe Fineman, who held a pooch in her arms, interrupted the tune to ask, “What about canine mothers?” Rudolph replied, “What about them? And honey, that’s not a canine, that’s a bitch.”
Maya Rudolph in the course of the ‘Saturday Evening Reside’ Monologue on Could 11, 2024. Will Heath/NBC
The Bridesmaids star continued to rap whereas referencing iconic SNL skits, together with characters like Coneheads and traditional quotes that moms know all too properly.
“Bow down, youngsters, I’m your mama / Giving queen, giving drama,” she mentioned. “This place gave you Coneheads / It’s 11:30, go to mattress / Who’s your favourite funtie? / It’s me! Kamala, hunty! / I will even flip this automobile round should you don’t cease hitting your sister.”
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The efficiency got here to an finish with Rudolph heading again to the stage as she was surrounded by dancers and forged members. “I’m your mom,” Rudolph concluded whereas waving a fan forwards and backwards in entrance of her face.
Rudolph, who was a forged member on SNL from 2000 to 2007, has since made frequent appearances, specifically impersonating Vice President Kamala Harris. Saturday marked Rudolph’s third time internet hosting the present.
