“I thought, ‘No, I’m too strange.
They’ll laugh,'” McKinnon revealed.
Kate McKinnonhas embraced movement thanks to her heroEllen DeGeneres.
Kate McKinnon as Ellen DeGeneres on ‘Saturday Night Live’.Ava Williams/NBC/NBCU Photobank
“I refused to dance,” McKinnon said.
“I thought, ‘No, I’m too strange.
They’ll all laugh at me.’
She added, “You helped with a lot of stuff.”
TheBombshellstar then gave a heartfelt send-off to DeGeneres, whosetwo decades in daytime TV are coming to a close.
McKinnon marked the occasion by reading a letter her 13-year-old self would have written DeGeneres.
“My favorite memory from this show is maybe right now,” McKinnon said.
She continued: “Dear Mrs. DeGeneres, my name is Kate.
I’m from Long Island.
It’s come to my attention that I am gay as hell.
No one else is gay for 200,000 miles, so it’s nice to know that you exist.
I bet if I ever met you I would act so weird, so I hope I never do.
Thank you for being so funny and such an inspiration and making me feel less alone.
My iguana isn’t eating, what do I do?”
McKinnon also revisited the moment when DeGeneres reached out after her first time doing theSNLimpression.
She was later invited to appear on DeGeneres’ show and reprise the impression.
McKinnon, 38, has been vocal about her adoration of DeGeneres in the past.
