‘View’ alum Debbie Matenopoulos reacts to ‘SNL’ roasting her in sketches

The view The Alun Debbie Mattenopoulos has no grudge on the way it was represented in Saturday Night Live Sketch – Even if they were still trying to kill her.

The original co-host, Mattenopoulos, returned to the talk show on Wednesday and recalled how the Sketch Comedy series would roast it all the time.

“Whenever they used The view on SnlAll the sketches involved trying to kill you? “Asked Sunny Hostin.

“They did it,” said Matéopoulos. “They had created a segment called” Dare Debbie ” [producer] The idea of ​​Bill Geddie. They would save me planes. They would make me dance my stomach with people. They made me play basketball with the WNBA. “”

While Matéopoulos added that “it was the coolest thing”, she also recognized that the idea of ​​her co-animators wanting to kill her in the sketches came in fact from a very real place.

“Writers there [at SNL] were very clever, “said Matéopoulos.” They resumed the dynamics of this program. The closest person to my age was Star Jones; She was 17 years older than me. So I was like this young child. “”

Joy Behar confirmed: “Regis called him” young “.”

Morningopoulos continued, “and there was a lot of interest for” who is this child? They had these incredible and story careers, and I was just this nyu and MTV kid. And Joy would say something, Barbara would say something – it’s when Barbara would pinch me under the table, because they would say guys, and I would say: “Oh my God, I was a concert last night, you and they looked at me and say:” What is this child said? And for a good reason! Because the show is supposed to be The view – How do you have a view at 21? The only view you probably have is from the VIP section of the club! “”

Snl Matinopoulos on board on The view Several times over the years to be much younger than (and, therefore, hated by) his co-animators, especially when Cameron Diaz played it in season 24. During this “Dare Debbie” segment, Diaz like Matinopoulos was trapped in a bag with an angry and hungry ratcoon, and while she was attacked in brutal, her co-witted. Previously, it was played by Ana Gasteyer in season 23 and forced to sit in a cage. Other times, Matenopoulos have been described as an idiot compared to his co-animators.

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Matinopoulos, however, had the last laugh by appearing as herself Snl After being dismissed from The view. While she was starting the sketch, she finished it with an eloquent monologue proving that she was not as stupid as the show made it appear.

Matéopoulos worked on various MTV projects at the start of his journalism career before becoming one of the original co-animators of The view. She appeared in the show for two seasons between 1997 and 1999 before leaving after season 2. She remains the youngest person to be a permanent co-animator in the longtime talk show at 22 when she started.