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Watch Maya Rudolph revive her Beyonce impersonation in 'Saturday Night Live' return

By Megan Armstrong | Last updated Mar 29, 2021 2:37 PM ET

Maya Rudolph is the Queen of Impersonations, and Queen Bey is firmly in her repertoire.

The Saturday Night Live legend returned to Studio 8H to host the March 27 episode. Her second sketch of the night was a spoof of First We Feast's hit interview series Hot Ones, in which Rudolph portrayed Beyoncé losing her cool while eating hot wings covered in raunchy-titled sauces:

Rudolph looked identical to how Beyoncé's appearance at the 63rd Grammy Awards, where she set the record for most Grammys won all time by a female artist, earlier in March:

Rudolph's version was much less composed than the real Sasha Fierce, as Hot Ones host Sean Evans (Mikey Day) kept trying to get a question in to no avail. Instead, there was sweating and involuntary screaming. It was just as hilariously spot-on as the 48-year-old's previous Beyoncé skits over the years.

Elsewhere in the episode, Rudolph also slipped into her recently popular Vice President Kamala Harris:

Rudolph originally worked as a cast member on SNL from 2000-07, but the two-time Emmy winner has frequently returned in the time since.

Megan Armstrong

Megan Armstrong (@megankarmstrong) is a writer whose work has appeared in places such as Billboard, GQ, Esquire, Bleacher Report, Uproxx, and others. Megan has also produced various podcasts and hosted a daily radio show at Mizzou. She grew up obsessed with sports — impressing adults by memorizing NFL statistics as a kindergartner — and grew into an obsession with music

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