-Our first guest tonight is an Oscar and Emmy nominee.
She returns to host "SNL" this week
with musical guest Dua Lipa.
She also stars in "Wonder Woman 1984,"
which will be in select theaters in IMAX on Christmas Day
and available the same day on HBO Max.
Please welcome back to the show, one of the all-time best,
Kristen Wiig, everybody!
Whoooo!
Whoo!
-I don't know how to walk in heels anymore.
-They're so beautiful!
Look at those beautiful white boots!
-Oh, thanks! Well, thanks. -Look at you with your new
white boots! -[ Chuckles ] They're not mine.
Um, yeah, it's ver-- -That's good.
-Well, 'cause I don't wear shoes anymore.
-Isn't it amazing? -I have slippers.
-I'm just wearing running shoes.
Look at that. -That's okay.
-If Eric -- you know Eric. -Oh, don't show him those.
-I mean, if he knew that I showed those,
I'm gonna get an earful.
-I've discovered socks
with little, like, treads on them.
-Oh, yeah, they're very -- -So you don't even have to
wear your slippers. -[ Laughs ]
-Don't -- Tread socks, So you're saying that --
-Like socks with little like rubber things
so you don't slip and fall. -You didn't know they existed.
We took our -- -They're pretty great.
-In simpler times when you were allowed to do this,
we took our boys to a trampoline park.
And at a trampoline park, you got to get
the socks with treads.
Even the adults. And that's when I realized.
-Oh, well... -'Cause then life's great.
At the end of the day...
But I will say Alexi shamed me once.
On a normal day once, she was like,
"Are you wearing the trampoline socks?"
-With your shoes? [ Both laugh ]
-How are you? -It's good. Yeah.
You know, it's crazy times but, it's trying to be, you know...
Yeah. -It's really nice to have you
in the building. This obviously must be nice
to be in a place that is sort of a comfort place now,
I would imagine -- "SNL?" -Yeah. Yeah, it's home.
I mean, you know how it is. -Yeah.
You see all the -- It's obviously different now,
but, you know, 'cause masks and testing every day,
but that's just, you know, what it is.
It's like, you know, it's home. It's the best.
-You were so prolific in your time there coming up
with characters, and I'm wondering, like,
did that muscle go away? Do you still develop characters?
-[ Laughing ] Kind of.
I mean, I still wear wigs around the house.
-You do?
Does that mean just have loose wigs?
-Yes. -Okay.
-And they're in a bin called Loose Wigs.
[ Both laugh ]
No, I have a wig...costume... trunk.
[ Both chuckle ]
-On a normal -- Like, how often do you wear a wig --
-I mean, I'm not -- [ Laughing ] It's not like --
It's not a normal thing where like I just wake up
in the morning and go, "You know what..."
-[ Laughs ] -"...I'm Cheryl today."
But they are fun to put on the babies.
-Oh, right. "cause your babies now
are just over -- You have twins -- just over a year.
-Yes.
-I mean, it must be so exciting.
I mean, they can't appreciate yet how lucky they are,
but I imagine all parents become comedians to their children.
You just constantly are doing characters.
Are they laughers? Are they smilers?
-Yeah, they're definitely smilers.
She laughs more than he does.
[ Laughing ] Actually, I shouldn't say that.
She's a happier baby. -[ Laughs ]
-[ Laughs ] No, they're both happy.
-He watches a lot of MSNBC.
-He does, he does.
No, but they're not --
they're not walking yet but they're crawling,
and they crawl very fast. -Gotcha.
-And there's two. So, you know,
sometimes they go in two different directions
and you have to choose a child. -And on those days you're...
You have to choose a child.
-...you're pretty happy to have treads on your socks.
[ Both laughing ]
Now, we've talked about -- that we were --
for many years before we had children, we were loving parents
to our dogs -- Frisbee and Moose.
How is Moose taking to the babies?
-Uh, good... -Okay.
I think they're -- you know, they don't know.
So they're just like, "I'm gonna grab her tail,"
and she doesn't love that. -Yeah.
I don't think Frisbee -- I think if Frisbee could talk,
she would not have kind things to say about our boys.
-Yeah. Well, yeah, they would be like,
"First of all, what are you doing here?"
-Yeah. -And "I want their attention."
But, you know. -Yeah.
-It's all good. -I did not realize
how autobiographical one of your characters was.
You were kind enough to bring this photo
of your beloved character Gilly and then just you.
[ Both laugh ]
-I blame -- Okay, there's a lot of things I blame for that.
One, I was in a wedding. So that's why I have
flowers in my hair and I'm wearing a dress.
Two, I had perms my entire childhood.
And I didn't -- my mom was like, "She's gonna have curly hair."
I had no -- I was young. I didn't know.
-Have you ever, like, looped back with her
to ask about why a perm was chosen?
-No, I'm gonna ask her right now.
-[ Laughing ] Mom, if you're watching...
And also, there's some Sun-In in my hair, there.
And when you have brown hair, which I do naturally,
when you put Sun-In in your hair, it turns red.
-[ Laughs ] Oh, it's red from the Sun-In.
-It's like the Little Orphan Annie.
[ Laughing ] Yeah, I mean, it's so curly.
Oh, my God.
I do wish I had that hair now.
-I do like that the way we've done this is it's like --
it's Gilly is remembering her childhood.
-[ Laughs ] She's looking -- She's looking at her.
-We're gonna talk more when we're right back after this
with Kristen Wiig.