Melissa Villaseñor: Life After SNL

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Melissa Villaseñor was among the eight cast members to leave ‘Saturday Night Live’ after its most recent season. And in this episode, she opens up for the first time about everything that led her to the difficult decision to step away from the show that had become her home for the past six years. The comedian and author of the new book ‘Whoops… I’m Awesome’ also talks about how she got her start doing celebrity impressions on ‘America’s Got Talent,’ looks back at the most surreal highlights from her time on SNL and shares some thoughts about what she wants to do with her life now that she has left that high pressure job behind.

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0:00.0	My guest this week recently wrapped up six seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live,
0:05.0	where she made a name for herself with spot-on celebrity impressions like this one.
0:10.0	Well, tomorrow night is the 61st annual Grammy Awards.
0:13.0	Here to talk about who she thinks should win as her very own Melissa Villasinior.
0:17.0	Yeah.
0:18.0	Yeah.
0:19.0	Thank you, Cohen. You know, everyone's been on the edge of their seats waiting to hear my Grammy picks.
0:26.6	So, here we go.
0:28.6	Okay, wait, now, hold on one second. Melissa, are you dressed up as Lady Gaga?
0:32.6	What? No. I just wore this for all my Melissa Monsters out there.
0:39.7	All right, sure, so let's get those Grammy picks. So who's your choice for Song of the Year?
0:44.6	Oh my God, I just heard the song for the first time this morning. It's called Shallow. Have you heard it?
0:50.6	The Lady Gaga song? Yeah.
0:52.7	That's Gaga? Wow.
0:55.0	So you have heard of it?
0:56.0	Yeah, I mean, pretty much everyone's heard it every day for the past three months.
1:00.0	Well, in case you haven't heard it, it goes a little something like this.
1:06.0	Okay, I got to.
1:07.0	Tell me something, girl.
1:10.0	Are you happy in this modern world?
1:15.6	Okay, yes, okay, all right.
1:17.6	Yes, I know.
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