Saturday Night Live combined two of the internet’s most talked-about sensations on Saturday night–it created a Popeyes chicken sandwich, Disney+ parody. And to top it off, the parody featured SNL’s musical guest Harry Styles.
The skit starts off with a group of office employees celebrating the closing of a deal. They are all trying to figure out where and what to eat to celebrate their success.
Styles, who is playing a British intern, is told to pick up lunch for everyone. He exclaims that he is going to go to Popeyes in the middle of a rush-hour to get “like 15 chicken sandwiches.” He also says he would cut the line and ask for the sandwiches pronto because he is “in a hurry.”
“I don’t mind yelling if I need to, even if the cashier’s a woman,” Styles says.
The Black employees at the firm quickly warn Styles against this, letting him know that there would be chaos if he goes to Popeyes, and especially if he goes alone and orders the sandwiches in such a way. But Styles says he must do it.
Before Styles can leave, the clip ends and the skit turns out to be the trailer for a new Jordan Peele movie, called White Get Out, which will be featured on Disney+.
The icing on the cake? The name of Styles’ character is Robert E. Lee.
“Can we agree Harry’s SNL SKIT for Popeyes chicken sandwich was on point?” Twitter user @HESTAE_ wrote. Another exclaimed that Styles talking about the chicken sandwiches on SNL is their “religion.”
Can we agree Harry’s SNL SKIT for Popeyes chicken sandwich was on point? 🤣🤣💀 #HarryOnSNL
— Fatima🩵 is seeing TXT💜✨ (@hestaeee) November 17, 2019
A SNL SKIT. WITH HARRY STYLES. ABOUT THE POPEYES CHICKEN SANDWICH. pic.twitter.com/XfGR6sVcve
— evie (@eviie_w) November 17, 2019
HARRY STYLES TALKING ABOUT THE POPEYES CHICKEN SANDWICH ON SNL IS MY RELIGION
— ashley (@ashflane) November 17, 2019
harry can't have a song about watermelon and do a skit about popeyes on SNL—which i legally own—without giving me season passes to the tour. is he crazy
— normal girl (@AAALEXlS) November 17, 2019
Leave it to SNL to find the perfect way to address the madness that has been Twitter since Peele released Get Out in 2017, since Popeyes brought back its chicken sandwich at the beginning of November, and since Disney launched its streaming service on Nov. 12.
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