Vice-President Kamala Harris has made a surprise appearance alongside comedian and actor Maya Rudolph on the live comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live (SNL).
Cheers from the audience drowned out the first lines spoken by the Democrats’ US presidential candidate.
The pair performed a scripted exchange featuring puns on Harris’s first name, Kamala, including “keep calm-ala” and “carry on-ala”.
Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Republican candidate Donald Trump, expressed surprise that Harris would appear on SNL given what he said was her unflattering portrayal on the show.
Asked if Trump had been invited to appear on the programme, Miller said “I don’t know, probably not”, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News.
During the sketch, which lasted about two minutes, Ms Rudolph performed a mirror-image double of Harris.
“It is nice to see you, Kamala,” Harris told Ms Rudolph. “And I’m just here to remind you, you got this.”
Speaking in sync, the duo said they share each other’s “belief in the promise of America” and announced together “live from New York; it’s Saturday night”.
Harris also mocked a recent stunt by her election opponent Trump, in which he appeared to struggle to open the door to a garbage truck.
“You can do something your opponent cannot do,” Harris told Rudolph. “You can open doors.”
Trump’s garbage truck stunt was in response to comments by President Biden in which he appeared to call Trump supporters “garbage”, although the White House has denied that was Biden’s intention.
