Kamala Harris finds herself on Saturday Night Live amid riff to ‘end the drama-la’ in US politics

“I don’t really laugh like that, do I?”

“Uhhhhh, a little bit.”

Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, broke from the campaign trail to embrace her reputation as a “joyful warrior” with a surprise appearance on the TV variety show Saturday Night Live.

Harris portrayed herself, appearing in a mirror opposite the actor Maya Rudolph, who first played her on the show in 2019 and has reprised the role this season.

Dressed identically in a black suit and pearls, the two traded variations on Harris’s first name, saying Americans want to “end the drama-la” in politics “with a cool new stepmom-ala”.