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Robert De Niro Strangles Rachel Dratch’s Debbie Downer at ‘SNL50’: ‘You’re Going to Shut It’


Robert De Niro faced off with Rachel Dratch's Debbie Downer, bringing up bird flu and feline AIDS, on 'SNL50,' joined by Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon.

Robert De Niro and Rachel Dratch faced off on “ SNL50,” with the Oscar winner confronting the former cast member in her Debbie Downer character during a sketch in the home stretch of the anniversary special. “Diapers are a leading culprit in the microplastic saga,” Dratch fired back, prompting De Niro to playfully strangle her. De Niro was a walk-on for the sketch, which began with Downer tending bar for visiting celebrities Drew Barrymore and Ayo Edebiri.

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