On the street

Billy Eichner and Kate McKinnon run around New York convincing people she’s Reese Witherspoon

Billy and Kate on the street

Season 2 of HBO’s hit series Big Little Lies premieres on June 9 and so Billy Eichner hit the streets of New York along with SNL’s Kate McKinnon, masquerading as Reese Witherspoon, to promote the series, which neither of them is actually affiliated with.

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Amazingly, as the duo ran up and down the sweltering sidewalks of NYC’s Chelsea District, almost everyone they encountered had no idea they weren’t actually talking to the Academy Award winning actress, including one guy who claimed to have met her before.

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