John Nacion/Variety via Getty; Paul Morigi/Getty; Emma McIntyre/Getty Chloe Fineman and Dana Carvey impersonated Jennifer Coolidge on 'SNL' Chloe Fineman has explained how that amazing triple Jennifer Coolidge impression — Fineman, Dana Carvey, and host Ariana Grande — landed on Saturday Night Live. "I didn't even think we were gonna do that sketch and then Ariana really wanted to do Jennifer Coolidge," Fineman explains on Wednesday's episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show. "And then we begged Dana Carvey, and he's like, Yeah, I'll do it.'
And we all have a very different impression, and it's magic." The October 2024 sketch that resulted shows the three impersonating The White Lotus star in a parody of an ad for Maybelline — specifically a Maybelline longwear liquid lip product, or something like that, that goes on like a dream. Grande appears as Fineman's reflection in the mirror, as both are draped in fluffy pink robes and beneath a pile of blonde hair.
Near the end, SNL legend Carvey, who was part of the cast from 1986 to 1993, popped up as a third Coolidge. See the full sketch below. It ends with all three putting the lip product — they finally settle on the name "lip lasting long, long lip color, ultimate plumper gloss-colored liquid lip color" — on each other.
Carvey revealed just after the sketch aired that he'd taken on the part at the last minute. "They threw it at me Thursday night," the Wayne's World star told cohost David Spade on their Superfly podcast, a spinoff series of their popular series Fly on the Wall. "They explained to me that the character was like a Snow White thing, that my Jennifer Coolidge had been trapped in the mirror for 100 years."
Fabio Lovino/HBO Jennifer Coolidge on 'The White Lotus' Carvey noted that "it was kind of an acid-y, esoteric sketch. I still don't quite understand it, but that was fun." He also noted that, between dress rehearsal and the live show, the sketch had been trimmed.
Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. "One was we eat corn," Carvey said on the podcast. "It was a lot wilder, it was amazing.
It was a non sequitur like, 'Hey. Wow. Let's eat some corn.'
They suddenly have corn. 'Can I have your corn?'" During her own interview, Fineman said she has a new obsession.
"I'm really into Gabby Windey right now." Fineman said. She suspects the former Bachelorette star is "our next Jennifer Coolidge."
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