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‘SNL’: Maya Rudolph’s Beyoncé Returns to ‘Hot Ones,’ Does Not Slay

Maya Rudolph returned to 'SNL' and reprised one of her most beloved sketches: Impersonating Beyoncé as guest on Hot Ones.

Maya Rudolph returned to Saturday Night Live as host on the latest episode, and the former cast member reprising one of her most beloved sketches: Impersonating Beyoncé as guest on the chicken wing-eating YouTube interview series Hot Ones. The original sketch aired back in 2021 when Rudolph served as guest host, with “Beyoncé” memorably wilting under the heat of the chicken wings. During her SNL tenure, Rudolph portrayed Beyoncé in numerous sketches, including in 2012 where other musicians visited her and Jay Pharoah’s Jay-Z following the birth of Blue Ivy:

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