Kate McKinnon Impersonated Reese Witherspoon in N.Y.C. and People Were Fooled
Maybe it was that Tennessee accent?
Even if your pop culture arsenal is limited, you probably know who Reese Witherspoon is — I mean, who hasn’t seen (or at least run across GIFs from) Legally Blonde?
That being said, apparently at least a few New Yorkers have face blindness.
In a recent episode of Billy on the Street, Billy Eichner introduced unsuspecting bystanders to a lemon-print dress clad Kate McKinnon, masquerading as Reese Witherspoon, and several people took the bait.
One woman asked “Reese” the meaning of life, to which McKinnon gave some surely Witherspoon-approved advice (in a charming Southern accent): "It is tough to tell in this heat y'all. I think be yourself, just love who you love."
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One man, who shared a mutual friend with the IRL Reese, actually invited the SNL star to dinner. A couple others saw through Eichner’s ruse, but the number of people fooled by a summer dress-wearing McKinnon was frankly astounding.
C’mon, New Yorkers, take a Sunday and binge Big Little Lies — Reese (and probably Kate, too) will thank you.