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Mikey Madison’s Jacked Alter Ego Pole Dances During ‘SNL’ Opening Monologue


In her first-time hosting stint at 'SNL', Oscar winner Mikey Madison cheekily hit back at critics who didn't believe she learned how to pole-dance.

In her first-time hosting stint at Saturday Night Live, Oscar winner Mikey Madison cheekily hit back at critics who didn’t believe she learned how to pole dance for her stripper dramedy Anora — with a jacked alter ego who took her spot. “I performed all my own stunts for the film, including all the dancing, so it does kind of bother me when people assume it wasn’t actually me on the pole, ’cause it was. Saying she hadn’t “done this in a minute” to audible audience excitement and whoops, the stage then quickly transitioned to show a muscular person in Madison’s same dress doing handstand pushups and scaling the pole like a jungle gym.

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