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Ayo Edebiri will host Saturday Night Live today alongside Jennifer Lopez. However, ahead of The Bear star’s SNL debut, her past insults directed at Lopez have resurfaced.
In Feb. 2020, on the Scam Goddess podcast with Laci Mosley, Ayo perceived the “On The Floor” hitmaker’s career as fraud. She said:
“Today I was actually thinking about one of my favorite scams of all time. ‘Cause JLo is hosting…err…is performing at the Super Bowl half-time.”
Laci responded:
“She is. Which is a scam in itself.”
Ayo chimed in, criticizing Jennifer Lopez’s singing ability:
“And her whole career is one long scam.”
“I think she thinks she's still good even though she's not singing for most of these songs.”
Ayo Edebiri also discussed an unfounded yet long-standing rumor that Jennifer Lopez used to have ghost singers in the past. The 28-year-old went on to accuse the actress of injecting human growth hormones into her body to retain a fit physique and a youthful appearance.
Internet reacts to Ayo Edebiri's past criticism of Jennifer Lopez
Saturday Night Live posted a preview of its latest episode on Feb. 3 on its YouTube channel.
In the video, Ayo Edebiri introduces herself as she stands between JLo and Heidi Gardner. She tells the audience she will be hosting the show this week with Lopez by her side. JLo turns to Ayo and says:
"I'm really excited. I love your show."
Ayo responds:
"I love your everything."
The three then go on to have a few more takes of shooting their opening lines. However, the contrast between Ayo's past remarks about the singer and her present attitude baffled many viewers.
Many pointed out how it would be awkward for Ayo and Jennifer Lopez to act in a skit together. Some said that the younger actress faked "loving everything" about the singer in the SNL promo.
It was unclear from the SNL promo whether or not JLo was aware of Ayo's comments about her from the 2020 podcast. However, an animosity in her approach towards Ayo Edebiri could not be noticed in the video.
