Kate McKinnon marked her “SNL” return with another edition of “Whiskers R We” and looped in this week’s musical guest Billie Eilish to serve a dish full of cat quips.
McKinnon’s Barbara DeDrew teamed up with Paw-bree Hep-Purrn (played by Eilish) as they introduced the “usual sus-pets” at the cat adoption center including an Abyssinian named Jeffrey.
“As in Ah-be-seeing-him in hell for destroying my couch,” McKinnon said.
McKinnon later showed off a cat named Dylan, a “little stinker” who steals hearts.
“Which tracks because he’s a convicted felon,” she said.
“Don’t worry, he didn’t do anything to bad,” Eilish chimed in.
“Just purr-jury,” the two said in unison.
The pair – who had a number of awkwardly tense exchanges in the sketch – found out that they share a favorite movie (“Tár”), a favorite curse word (“tush”) and a celebrity crush (Mariska Hargitay) before introducing the next feline: Maris-Cat Hargitay.
“She’s on ‘Claw & Order’ and she always catches the ‘purr-p,’” McKinnon said.
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