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Will the real Ellen DeGeneres please stand up!
The talk show host couldn't help but gush about guest Kate McKinnon during her monologue, but that was before the "Saturday Night Live" star crashed the stage.
"I love her so much. She impersonates me on Saturday Night Live. She's beautiful, she's smart, she's charming, she's hilarious—she's me, is what she is," DeGeneres told her studio audience. "She really is hilarious, but it's weird to have somebody do impressions of you because you hear it and you're like, 'Well, that's such an exaggeration. I mean, it's funny, but that doesn't sound like me at all.' And then the next day your friends call you up and they're like, 'Did you see Kate on SNL? She sounded exactly like you.' She does exaggerate. She always says, 'I'm Ellen! I'm Ellen!' I don't even know what that is. 'I'm Ellen!'"
The next thing we know, McKinnon, dressed exactly like Ellen (in her signature collared shirt, pants, jacket and sneakers), joined the host for the opening monologue.
"I'm Ellen. I got this blondie, so step aside," Kate said, before going on to deliver the monologue herself.
She proceeded to talk about Portia De Rossi, the couple's house and their animals while Ellen stood next to her, cracking up.
"Hi, y'all. Happy Wednesday. I gotta tell you about something that happened last night up at the house. Portia and I got a puppy and we named it Kid to make it sound like we have a kid. Funnily enough a kid is a baby goat. And I love baby goats! I love 'em! I love baby goats!" McKinnon said in character. "True story: I once went on a ski vacation with a baby goat."
The jokes go on from there -- you've gotta watch the clip to see these two in action!
After the monologue, DeGeneres asked, "Well, Ellen, do you know what happens now?"
"Of course I do. I'm Ellen," McKinnon replied. "We dance."
Check out Kate and Ellen's synchronized dance moves in the video -- two Ellens just might be better than one!
