Chappell Roan fans were upset when Bowen Yang appeared to mock her in a Saturday Night Live sketch about Moo Deng, but she wasn’t offended by it at all.
In a sketch last year, Bowen appeared as baby pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng on Weekend Update and joked about needing to set “some boundaries” with zoo attendees who invaded her personal space, seemingly referencing Chappell‘s comments about wanting fans to respect her personal space.
Chappell just appeared on Bowen‘s podcast Las Culturistas and co-host Matt Rogers pointed out how the comedian was “dragged” for seemingly mocking the singer.
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“I wasn’t even mad!” Chappell said, adding that she found it funny. “I didn’t feel anything.”
Bowen added, “Sasha Colby and I were talking, and I was just like, ‘Yeah, everyone’s mad.’ I was like, ‘Is she okay?’ And Sasha was like, ‘Yeah, girl, she’s laughing. She’s loving it.’ I was like, ‘Okay, well, then that’s fine.’”
Chappell noted that the sketch was “harmless.”
“People don’t have to get mad on my behalf. We’re fine. So what is there to be mad about? Also, this is what happens, that is SNL. It’s comedy. And for people to — even if you were to push it further, harmless. It’s comedy. I don’t understand. I just don’t know the line anymore,” she said.
“Even if you didn’t think the Moo Deng sketch was funny or anything, you didn’t have to say anything,” Chappell added. “You can always not say something. And you know what? People sticking up for me in that situation, or not sticking up for me, made me feel no different. I didn’t feel protected and I didn’t feel unprotected. Because I didn’t need it either way. Because I was not offended.”
In another recent podcast interview, Chappell shared some intimate details about her personal life.
Watch the original sketch below.