Ariana Grande Says ‘SNL’ Charades Sketch Was Inspired By Her Mom’s “Insane” Real-Life Comments During Game Night

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Ariana Grande offered an inside look as to how her hilarious “Charades with Mom” sketch came into being during her second time hosting Saturday Night Live last month.

Appearing recently on the popular Las Culturistas podcast, the Wicked star said a real-life occurrence with her extended family two months prior made her contact friend and colleague Bowen Yang to craft a skit surrounding her mother Joan Grande’s outlandish comments during a contentious game night. “It was Labor Day weekend and Hale — my brother-in-law Hale’s family — was visiting,” Grande began. “We had a lovely, fun game day.

It was so fun and funny and sweet. And my mom is, by the way, the most generous, kindest, giving person in the entire world.

She is the hostess with the mostest.” “But [competitive], yeah, and fiercely protective of her children,” she added. “So even if we’re playing charades and whatever, you don’t f— around.” The Grammy-winning vocalist set the scene: “We’re playing charades and Hale’s brother, my brother-in-law’s brother … was like, ‘Haha, we’re winning’ vibes.