Ayo Edebiri and Jennifer Lopez are set to be in the identical constructing for ‘SNL’ on Saturday (February 3).
But things might get awkward following audio clips of Edebiri talking smack about J. Lo in a resurfaced podcast interview.
The Controversial Podcast Appearance
Back in 2020, the actress appeared on the ‘Scam Goddess’ podcast, where she made some reasonably unflattering comments about JLo’s profession, per Page Six.
Fans have since make clear these remarks, putting the podcast episode back into the highlight as their SNL appearance draws near.
The episode in query discussed Linda Taylor’s notorious welfare scam.
However the conversation took a controversial turn when Edebiri shared her views on Lopez’s rise to stardom.
In keeping with Edebiri, Lopez’s profession was nothing wanting a “long scam,” per Us Weekly.
Ayo Edebiri’s past insults about Jennifer Lopez re-surface as they’re each set to seem on #SNL:
“Her profession is one long scam” pic.twitter.com/HmxNKbdgVS
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) February 2, 2024
She went on to mock Lopez’s singing abilities, claiming that JLo wasn’t even the one singing in most of her songs.
“She thinks she’s on multiple tracks, nevertheless it’s not her,” she said. I feel she thinks that she’s still good although she’s not singing for many of those songs.”
However it didn’t end there.
She also brought up long-standing rumors that Lopez had used “ghost singers” for a few of her tracks, seemingly referring to Ashanti providing background vocals for JLo up to now.
She mentioned that some song descriptions would mention that JLo couldn’t make it to the studio, leading her to query — if JLo wasn’t singing, what was she busy doing?
“Numerous the write-ups of the songs can be like, ‘J. Lo didn’t have time to make it to the studio,’ like, ‘J. Lo was busy,’” she claimed.
“It’s like, ‘Doing what?’ Not singing, obviously!!”
The Upcoming ‘SNL’ Appearance
Despite these rumors, JLo has continued to enjoy a successful music profession, in addition to a booming rise within the movie industry.
With the podcast being brought back into the highlight, fans are understandably curious to see how things play out when the episode airs on live TV.
In a promo released for the upcoming episode, Edebiri and Lopez stand side-by-side with SNL forged member Heidi Gardner.
The teaser shows Lopez telling Edebiri, “I’m really excited, I really like your show,” to which Edebiri responds, “I really like your the whole lot.”
Nevertheless, in response to sources near Edebiri, she is worked up about working with JLo and considers herself a fan of the pop icon, per TMZ.
As for Lopez, she hasn’t yet addressed the matter.
While the ‘Get Right’ singer has been an SNL several times up to now, this can be Edebiri’s first time hosting the show.
Fans are eagerly waiting to see how she is going to handle her SNL debut, especially given her past comments about Ms. Lopez.
