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Watch Heidi Gardner's Reba McEntire impression on Weekend Update

Watch Heidi Gardner's Reba McEntire impression on Weekend Update

The real Reba McEntire had a busy week in New York, appearing at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, TODAYAnd The Kelly Clarkson Show to promote her new comedy, Happy's Place. But a fake Reba McEntire managed to stop by the “Weekend Update” desk Saturday Night Live When cast member Heidi Gardner debuted an unhinged impression of the country music queen in the final episode before the 2024 presidential election.

Here's how to watch

Regard Saturday Night Live Saturdays at 11:30/10:30c on NBC and Peacock, stream the next day on Peacock.

While the real McEntire usually stays out of political discussions, “Weekend Update” co-host Colin Jost asked Gardner's McEntire who she supports in the race for the White House.

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“Well, look, I’m from a little town called McAlester, Oklahoma, and we don’t make quick decisions,” Ms. “McEntire” told Jost. “In fact, we have a saying: 'If you think the milk has gone bad, take another sip of it.'

Gardner's McEntire – wearing a huge red wig and a sparkly white pantsuit – shows she's still undecided about who she'll vote for.

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The “Little Rock” singer further announced this as a coach The voiceShe doesn't care if the person singing is a Republican or a Democrat – she just worries that it's Team Reba and not Team Snoop Dogg, Michael Bublé or Gwen Stefani.

“Why can’t they both be president like our milk in McAlester?” Creamy and crunchy,” McEntire asked, further confusing Jost with her obsession with dairy drinks. “Growing up, we didn’t even know what political parties were. We were Methodist atheists. Mom was a Republican and Dad was Pennywise.”

“Pennywise the Clown?” Jost asked as McEntire replied, “I'm a redhead, aren't I?”

The singer continued to reveal surprising details from her childhood, such as how her mother “worked 59 jobs just to keep us in school, and dad only had one: eating kids.” But even McEntire's mother still put on her “prettiest poll dress and “crawled to the ballot box.”

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To settle the issue of consent once and for all, McEntire attempted to vote by telephone The voicewhich Jost warned them was probably a scam.

“Did you give your credit card and a nude photo to any website?” he asked her.

“It's like what we say in Oklahoma when people ask us if we drink our milk with a fork,” McEntire replied. “Yes.”

But Gardner isn't the only Season 50 cast member who did a Reba impression. In Season 35, Kenan Thompson memorably debuted his own surreal version of Reba in the digital short “Two Worlds Collide,” starring Andy Samberg. Well, sort of – see below.

SNL Digital Short: Two Worlds Collide ft. Reba McEntire

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