Weekend Update: Black Ariel on Disney's Live-Action The Little Mermaid Remake - SNL

Black Ariel (Ego Nwodim) stops by Weekend Update to discuss the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.

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[xiaosha]

“Salmon are racist! Have you ever talked to one?”
“Uhhh”
“Of course not, because you’re not willing to do the work.”

[ElizabethT]

"I'll deadass bite a worm on a hook. Gets me every damn time" 🤣🤣

[JazzyB]

I don't call you white Collin *to your face* LMAO 😂 this video makes me excited that SNL is back!

[kengeorgejones]

Ego has the best delivery of this cast. Any time she gets to do weird stuff it's a treat.

[angelicvega]

Ego is serving looks with that Ariel hair ✨

[OvSpP]

There were a lot of angles Ego could’ve taken on this… *and she chose the best one.*

[eme.]

"They are Jamaican, though. Jah-making my nuts itch." Oh, jeez.... As a Jamaican, that line got a cackle out of me. 😂😂

[iTzJimBoi]

Now this sketch was truly unexpected. But to Ariel's credit:
1. She is the 1% of the Sea: royalty, fully sponsored by her father, spends the day WANTING MORE STUFF. She's got a damn song about owning shit she doesn't need.
2. Rejects everything her royal father tells her to do: keep away from Ursula, don't mingle with land creatures.
3. Fell in love WITH ROYALTY. Did we forget that she's chose Eric out of all the sailors? She can smell money.

[maddiedolls]

ego is so talented she is the only cast member who kills it EVERYTIME

[coolboss]

"Listen I got a lot of crabs tho, but they don't sing. They are Jamaican tho" 🤣💀

[matthewjarek]

Just a reminder: Ariel was a princess of the ocean and actually chose to give it all up for a guy she met exactly ONCE! Ego's portrayal was spot on.

Edit: Jeez... It was a joke.

[OvSpP]

I stan a problematic queen… I mean princess.

[anastasiosgkotzamanis]

How about an Ariel-Aquaman sketch with Jason Momoa?

[gabelogan]

I love how Ego didn't feed the racist trolls and instead went with problematic princess.

[itssarahbeth]

Ego is hilarious and the whole time I couldn't stop looking at how toned her arms are, this was one of the first snl skits this new season that I actually laughed

[ZeroShadow]

Can we all agree that Ego always has the best bits on Weekend Update.

[Feare]

“I’m pro-Sea World! I’ve MET Shamu, and let me put it like this: *I’m glad his ass is locked up.* “

Straight up SAVAGE 🤣🤣🤣

[kristinpenta]

I love her!!! She cracked up Colin and looked like she was having so much fun. Funny skit!

[ntcnetwork]

For a split second, Colin looked legit sad about those sea horses. 😂

[personiam]

If they also do a live action version of the little mermaid 2, they should cast Ego as Ariel