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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Jared MacBride
Slow “news” day?
Loki
Ha. I’m guessing it’s a bunch of people who knew WASN’T Witherspoon, but couldn’t say she WAS…
“You were in that failed Ghostbusters reboot, right?”
Doug
This guy is annoying. It’s actually kind of refreshing to see that not only do New Yorkers really know who she is or watch any of her shows, they’re not all that impressed, lol…
lord.krath
Hilarious.