Kate McKinnon is back on Saturday Night Live, and she kicked off the December 16 episode with the opening monologue!
The 39-year-old comedian and Barbie star was a longtime SNL fan-favorite before leaving in 2022. She returned for the newest episode alongside musical guest Billie Eilish.
During the opening monologue, she joked about why she left the late-night show behind, talked her summer blockbuster and sang a song with some special guests. Read more about Kate McKinnon’s opening monologue… Kate opened the monologue by reintroducing herself. “I used to work here and now I’m back at my old job,” she said. “This is weird.
It’s so weird to be doing the monologue. I don’t really like to talk in my own voice. That’s kind of why I got in this.” As for why she left SNL, she joked that her “skin was reacting poorly to the prosthetics.” She added that her experience with the opening monologue was very specific: “I’ve never been myself in a monologue before.
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