Kamala Harris Expected to Appear on ‘SNL’ in Bid for White House
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Who needs Maya Rudolph when you can show off the real thing? U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is expected to appear on “Saturday Night Live,” according to a person familiar with the matter, the latest Oval Office hopeful to visit the show in an election year in a bid to win support and generate new publicity for a campaign.
She has been played during the show’s current season — its 50th — by former cast member Rudolph. A new schedule released by the Harris campaign indicated that the Vice President would fly from Charlotte, N.C., where she was attending an event, and fly to New York City on Saturday evening, landing at 7:21 p.m.
That would presumably give her ample time to travel to Studio 8H in NBC‘s Rockefeller Center headquarters, where “SNL” is produced, before the show’s usual 11:30 p.m.
start time. Harris was not expected to leave New York City until 12:40 a.m. A representative for “Saturday Night Live” did not respond to queries.
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