Kate McKinnon on Making Her SNL Hosting Debut and Living in a Snake Condo

Kate McKinnon talks about her giant water jug, living amongst snakes and giant snapping turtles at her house in the woods and hosting Saturday Night Live for the first time.
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[@christineherrmann205]

"It's not a person, it's a jug." And then she pets it and scratches the spout. Underrated comedy gold.

[@nimflower]

Made me laugh so much 😭😭🤣❤️

[@amybethhurst]

Agreed. I'm surprised that didn't get a laugh!

[@lenevee4925]

I love Kate, she is such a natural comedian. I can just look at her and start laughing.

[@audreywellham2413]

So true! She’s just fabulous!

[@Ryan.Kooper]

seems like she really needs a group of writers if I'm being honest...

[@Dotsaa2]

@@Ryan.Kooperrespectfully, she cut her teeth on improv…

[@lynnebucher6537]

She was one of the best on SNL and I loved her deadpan delivery, especially when she was in her alien abducted character.

[@maryrosekent8223]

The writing for that character was utterly fantastic and she embraced it so completely!

[@KittyCat22976]

My favorite as well! 😂❤😂

[@clothilde1623]

I’ve watched those alien abduction sketches sooo many times but they _still_ make me laugh till I hurt, and it’s pretty much ALL because of Kate! The woman is a shining goddess of comedy ❤️

[@verdatum]

This snake story could blur into one of her abduction sketches SO EASILY. There is such a void in SNL since she left. She was the powerhouse of the show for so many seasons.

[@Notturnoir]

she’ll probably return on the space ship

[@kelammo]

Mrs Colleen Rafferty! Some of my fave skits!

[@mismissy]

I truly miss her on SNL. She was one of the best

[@cristinaapariciolinale2119]

Totally agree, she and Cecily in sketches were comedy gold

[@CorePathway]

Not impressed with the new SNL crew yet.

[@TheDOSGamer]

New SNL crew is very hit or miss, mostly miss. Too much of the senior staff left simultaneously. I could do with this cast as juniors with more senior cast balancing it out. But it mostly misses the mark now.

[@Ri-ver]

This woman is a treasure. I will never feel like I understand why she's so funny, she just is

[@vajufa]

I think it's her whole way of being, as though she finds every moment humorous. She embodies it.

[@EH23831]

Same! She just has to be there and I laugh 😂

[@wyskass861]

She embodied everything that SNL and sketch comedy is supposed to be. Variety of characters and impressions unlike most who have almost no range. She can play main or supporting just as well.

[@DanJackson1977]

She was the Phil Hartman of the 2010s SNL

[@wyskass861]

@@DanJackson1977 I loved Phil but I think she was able to do star toles even better.

[@maryrosekent8223]

@@wyskass861 I’m just assuming that _toles_ is actually _roles._

[@wyskass861]

@@maryrosekent8223 Oh you're not familiar with star toles?

[@audreywellham2413]

@@wyskass861😂🤣👍🎉

[@BriRog68]

Kate doesn't even have to speak and I'm laughing...a true comedian 😂♥️♥️

[@0rangemuffin]

Fun fact, garter snakes are ovoviviparous, meaning they give live birth. So Kate will also have a bunch of cute babies under her porch too! 😂

[@forgeustiss6667]

Gross

[@TheFMHatter1986]

Kate is going to kill it as host she's always been hilarious on SNL and my Christmas wish has come true

[@katiekraning7248]

Matter of factly "that's more of a turtle thing." 😂 I can't tell with these two what is a bit and what is real; as it should be.

[@SHAWNSSPORTS]

This interview is so unhinged and I’m all here for it 😂

[@ChipCain]

I’ve never been more gutted to lose an SNL Cast member.

[@gwen3010]

One of the funniest people on the planet right now you need your own show Kate!!❤❤❤❤

[@NewMessage]

Well. Did not expect a herpetology lesson, but it made my day.

[@iamscythed]

I can't wait for this week's Corrections and all the snake information told there.

[@MeloniousThunk]

Animal Flubs galore!

[@CorePathway]

Never knew snakes are into DVP 😂

[@RochelleLang]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@patriciamurfitt4590]

When Kate is taken by the aliens, is the best SNL skits ever 😅😅

[@jackl4laughs]

Guaranteed that will be a segment this weekend.

[@alexorpin9893]

Her monologue should be the aliens returning her to earth but saying she only has and hour and a half before going back to the space ship

[@danielrussell9416]

Not her worst Wednesday night.

[@humai771]

I know I laughed I cried well I think I laughed myself to tears

[@Litigator-4-life]

@@danielrussell9416 Love it!

[@lb5368]

Kate as host is a dream come true for this viewer! I'm so thrilled she'll be in the show this week, and I'm hoping Aidy makes a special appearance in support of her gal Kate 💞

[@jcoopes5604]

Yes 👏🏻

[@soni8995]

Oh my heart.. 🥺😍

[@DNTXPCTMCH]

Thank you for being yourself Kate. You let me giggle and laugh out loud with your shenanigans. My kids love you as Ms frizzle and in Nature Cat (PBS)!! Thank you for all the laughs you bring to the world

[@lindseywarren44]

I used to work as a Nanny and Kate's Ms Frizzle was our favourite! The kiddos watched it over and over again. She is bloody brilliant.

[@julesbower762]

Can't wait to see her host. Always great when a former cast member does. Everyone on their best for it.

[@Drumming_Monkey]

I hope she brings 'Close Encounter' back when she hosts. They HAVE to do it.

[@ashlei315]

I love Kate sooo much! SNL isn’t the same without her 😭❤️‍🩹

[@georgiahogue8588]

An extremely talented and funny gal.

[@Thediscohkidd78]

Kate hosting SNL is all I want for Christmas. #grateful🙌🏼

[@lisaaustin8150]

She was the BEST! I was literally saying yesterday that I miss her😢

[@mikewhite4560]

IS..the BEST 😊

[@lindseywarren44]

I just adore her bones!!! The show that she was on with Billie before had one of my favourite sketches - the hotel one. So funny! She is a comedic powerhouse and I am so excited to see her on SNL again. Yay!!!!! Bless

[@dallasgrey4247]

The Queen of SNL is coming back! 🎉WOOHOO!!!🎉

[@JRMagro]

Billie and Kate on the same episode?! I hope they collaborate on a sketch, both of them are so out there, who knows what theyd come up with 😂

[@hittnau5]

I loved their sketches when Billie was host and musical guest. Especially the hotel ad 😂

[@dudenintendo605]

What about Norris for a name? Jug Norris! :)

[@Mallykins]

Chug Norris?

[@kirkeverist1335]

Turtles - much more likely to go to school, get some training. Snakes just assume they know it all and go for it.

[@jackl4laughs]

I'm going to vote the jugs name is Oasis, just so it isn't such a clunky name and notes its refreshing. A bunch of garter snakes under your house isn't the worst thing, they'd likely control most rodent problems.

[@InformationLiesAtTheEdges]

Nice name for the jug. 😊It's name is certainly not Jack. Seth was way off base there!

[@AustenObsessed]

The clip where she was Hilary Clinton and played Hallelujah for the SNL cold open is my go-to clip when I need a good cry😢 And when she was a medium in the episode with Adele when I need a good laugh😂

[@elizabethdalton-jandreau5588]

All gems! Personally, I also love the one where she's a clairvoyant old woman who objects to Leslie Jones marrying Bilbo Baggins -- sorry, can't remember the actor's name -- EVERYONE breaks.🤣

[@Meyersci]

The Hallelujah segment struck the exact chord right when we needed it.

[@jrojala]

Kate McKinnon is a legend, she’ll always will be a heroine to me.

[@AnnNunnally]

That snake face looks like Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard.

[@mageofthestorm1]

About 2 months ago while driving for work. I was watching old clips from snl, and thinking. When is Kate gonna host? She'd be perfect. It was a premonition! A good 1 at that.

[@jasonwachtel3285]

I found garter snakes nesting under my stoop as well. They get pissy whe ya pick em up but are harmless lil scaly nature noodles. Snapping turtles are right bastards though!

[@vlady8me]

On Golden Ponds starring Carol Burnett and Kate McKinnon. IDGAF what its about, I wanna see it.

[@Chazzmatazz]

Emotional support jug.

[@litoxxlito_axx7318]

I love her, her smile and personality is super dope

[@MonkeyFace544]

Damn, Kate is so hilarious! Really looking forward to her SNL return. She’s been sorely missed.

[@jeandrzyzgula]

You can kind of train snakes, but only in very limited ways "you get fed in this corner" kind of stuff. You can train turtles quite a bit, and they do recognize their owners. But that will not stop a snapping turtle from snapping at the hand that feeds it! On the other hand, when I worked with Sonoran Desert Tortoises, they all tried to bite the orange parts of my shoes. So provided the intruder is wearing orange shoes, they may be effective.

[@Meyersci]

My experience with classroom Rat and Corn snakes is that 1) When you dangle the mouse (thawed and warmed) in front of them, their brains take a little moment to figure out "FOOOOOOD!" but then they are a Blur Of Chomp. 2) They will seek out warm spaces, generally inside your shirt during the first -of-the-year classroom introduction, in front of 30 junior high kids. 3) they seemed to always take three days to digest the mouse. If a kid puts them on a desk that third day, the snake will immediately "lighten the load" to try to escape. "Cleanup in Aisle 1, dissolved mouse bones."4.) Having a classroom snake is the secret to getting the most annoying child (during class) to come in and beg to hold it every day before school. 5.) Having a classroom snake is an insult to Native American students, which I didn't know at the time. Belated apologies. There's a reason we take courses on cultural diversity.

[@HyperactiveNeuron]

Ok I couldn't help but look it up and Kate isn't BS'ing... Sometimes I can't tell with her but Hemipenes and hybernaculims are actually things LOL! She's so hilarious

[@YaroShien]

Seth got out of his chair so fast so he can hug his long time friend. Kate really meant a lot to the SNL cast. I wouldn't be suprised Kate would have been one of the first few to know Seth got the show here on Late Night.

[@RIXRADvidz]

who remembers Kate from ''The Big Gay Sketch Show'' ?? look it up, Comedy Perfection.

[@EricaGamet]

I can't believe she was 22 when she started on there. The "L Word" commemorative plates sketch leaves me in an asthmatic fit every time! Love that show!

[@Carcerian]

Love her so much, SNL just hasn't been the same without her!

[@mexiguero646]

It’s been better

[@absatwell8163]

@@mexiguero646How is that?

[@g.e.v9836]

My fave Kate impressions were the long island medium and the first appearance of Cecelia jiminez. I still watch those sketches from time to time.

[@clothilde1623]

Kate’s alien abductee is my favourite, I don’t think I’ve ever laughed as hard at any other SNL sketch as I did with those ones!

[@lorifrier8921]

Snakes under your stoop means no mice under there !

[@CorePathway]

Not any more.

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

Kate's hosting? You know what that means? I expect to see Debette Goldry and post alien abduction interview at the very least. If they could bring in Ryan Gosling and Cecily to be the other people in the interview it will be perfect.

[@mhawang8204]

It’s fitting to have Ryan back as well, because it sounds like it’ll be Barbie night. 😉

[@Forgetalltheshootingstars]

omg I can't believe it my fav cast member ever... Lovely Kate

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Can something go off the rails if it was never on the rails? If so, this is that. And it was perfect (:

[@ellosborn9719]

I wonder what woods Kate lives in now? Sounds like she moved up North!! If so, welcome to The North Kate!! P.s New Hampshire Woods are the best from my experience! Sincerely ~ a fellow woman of the woods 😂

[@protiliusproductions]

Kate is this lovely chameleon that can just morph into anything she sets out to do.

[@jayr3053]

I miss her on SNL. Will definitely watch this weeks SNL

[@ellengrace4609]

“You wanna switch out?” Is probably exactly what the second guy would say! 😂

[@damonhines8187]

Exactly what I said! ↕️? They tag out as needed. Duh. 🙄 😊🤙🏽🎶❤️✨️🎄🕊🎅🏼

[@marctouss1862]

i would say kate is theeee greatest SNL cast member ever... and that's the highest of the high praise..

[@Patco11]

My favorite with exception of Gilda. Love them both.

[@xhiggy8378]

Was this a day drink? Lmao I think it always is with Seth. Hundo P Kate has been beside a Hemipeen and felt so at home. Life goals

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

I’m so excited for Kate to be back on SNL! And am the only one who didn’t know she lives in woods now?

[@MayThereBeWorldPeace]

Kate is hilarious. Recently watched her do "The Birds" and the Bogart plane scene. Top notch comedy! 🕊🛩

[@nannerz1994]

One of the comedy greats

[@lashendawest7509]

We love Kate McKinnon and seth meyers

[@HarrisonsFord]

I hope Seth can work the phrase "neath my stoop" into future projects.

[@ninapjust7165]

it must be so nerve-racking to write and present sketches for her. I would have the feeling that it had to be the best I had ever written before.. it is Kate Mc-fucking-Kinnon

[@billthecat666]

Hope she does Whiskers R We.

[@mondler107]

LMAO your wish came true

[@absatwell8163]

I cannot believe she’s never hosted! She’s so great!

[@196cupcake]

I want another "Close Encounter" sketch.

[@michaelscot4816]

Hope to see Dr. Wenodis!

[@Meyersci]

I spoke like that for a full week after viewing the skit!

[@likebot.]

She can name the jug Forsythe Pendleton Jones III if she's open to suggestions.

[@dominomasked]

This feels like a reenactment of an old interview of Katherine Hepburn by Bob Hope.

[@koraldavis3474]

She is so fun!

[@mindblowingdiscussions2707]

May be the GOAT of SNL. If not then definitely she is in the top 5 performers in SNl

[@j-rocd9507]

I swear a lady I worked with carried a jug damn near that big, of COFFEE. She started complaining about elbow pain and really think it was from that container. That much coffee probably bad too lol

[@rachel_rexxx]

There's just never enough of her

[@SherryEllesson]

I live surrounded by woods, and have a good-sized Blacksnake population. Had a horrible mouse problem until the snakes decided to move in closer - under 3 porches and one big one in the garage. No more mice. Now, the only annoyance is the big one knocking the electric eye off its bracket so the door opener gets confused. Small issue compared to rodents!

[@francescahw69]

I need more Kate onscreen now 🙏

[@dlivingstonmcpherson]

Wild that this is the second time I've learned about hemipenes from a comedy show this year. What a time to be alive

[@retrospectors6595]

Please name it “Jug Apatow”

[@andrelabonte2294]

Kate is awesome. Guaranteed laughs every time.☮️🇨🇦

[@christinemerritt974]

“But what my gallon jug does do…. I’m never alone I always have a heavy friend with me”😂😂😂😂

[@kritikrebel.in.krikitpond]

a pure literary comedian in body and soul, disappearing into the woodwork kate , we love you so much man, (like you did gillian) thank nature you're on earth. forest hug

[@davidmackie2901]

Garter snakes in the stoop means no crickets or toads in the basement. (or crawlspace if that's the case)

[@coup919062]

No one will ever be able to do air quotes again without thinking of this 😂

[@TheRogueStatesman]

kate is a national treasure...

[@christineschueneman4147]

Love sweet Kate! What a talented lady

[@phillylilmermaid7802]

I love her. You never know what is going to come out of her mouth. I don't even think she does herself.

[@potatowater285]

“THESE ONES!?!” Such a great response. She kept acting like everything she was saying was normal lol 😂

[@ficameron9902]

This might the best Kate McKinnon interview ever.

[@catalinacurio]

We love you Kate! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸❤️

[@matthewhegarty729]

I like that it was entertaining but loved that it was informative… I now know way too much about snakes.

[@therealunicornselene]

You watch corrections too, don't you? 😅

[@nilesoien7867]

I would name the jug “Thunderbolt” because in World War two the P47 Thunderbolt was nicknamed the “Jug”, possibly short for juggernaut. Live long, weird Barbie!

[@rock-n-rollfoodie]

Do both sides have two? LMAO

[@rezidentbivrip]

Funniest woman ever on SNL 🥰❤️❤️🥰

[@bubblesezblonde]

Love the jug

[@hollyanderson4329]

How does a person get to be this funny! 😂

[@Meyersci]

Gallons and gallons of water?

[@BearMeat4Dinner]

Kate ❤

[@rondo365]

Kate is just the best. You know she could host multiple times this season? And next? Just a suggestion.

[@michaelrmurphy2734]

Snakes? Well, me being Irish ancestry all I can say is...Thank God for Saint Patrick!

[@matthewmagda4971]

I MISS KATE SO MUCH! PLEASE COME BACK!!!!!!!

[@bacardibabebm]

I love we almost got a whole extra animal flubs segment!!

[@LilRedHead42]

Seth: Do you have to teach the snakes to keep out burglars? Kate: *Laughs in what a silly idea, Seth* Seth: *nods* (of course that's silly) Kate: That seems like more of a turtle thing. Me: *dies*