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Chappell Roan Sets the Record Straight on Bowen Yang’s Moo Deng ‘SNL’ Skit: ‘It Was Harmless’

Chappell Roan discussed the Moo Deng 'SNL' skit and online parasocial relationships on Bowen Yang and Matt Ross' 'Las Culturistas' podcast

On the latest episode of Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ Las Culturistas, the pop singer discussed how several fans online mischaracterized the viral Saturday Night Live skit in which Yang compared Roan’s massive success with the internet-famous pygmy hippo Moo Deng. At the time, Drag Star winner Sasha Colby even confirmed Roan’s good sense of humor to Yang. “I was like ‘Is she okay?’ Sasha was like, ‘yeah girl, she’s laughing, she’s loving it.” Meanwhile, co-host Rogers also recalled “getting texts from people asking ‘are Bowen and Chappell okay?

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