“Saturday Evening Dwell” solid member Ego Nwodim celebrated the top of the present’s historic fiftieth season the standard means, by socializing on stage in Studio 8H at Rockefeller Middle in New York Metropolis.
She was there with the host, Scarlett Johansson, the musical visitor, Unhealthy Bunny, and fellow solid members. However her coronary heart could have been dreaming of celebrations on the opposite aspect of the Atlantic.
Nwodim made positive cameras captured her higher torso as she sported a Crystal Palace jersey with the identify of her cousin, English soccer star Eberechi Eze, on the again.
Hours earlier, Eze had helped Palace win the primary main trophy in its 120-year skilled historical past, scoring the one purpose within the Eagles’ 1-0 win over Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup ultimate.
In a 2023 interview for the Crystal Palace web site, Eze revealed the household relation and mentioned he had given Nwodim one among his jerseys.
“That’s my cousin,” he instructed a group interviewer who requested why an “SNL” solid member had worn his jersey. “She got here right down to London and I gave her a shirt. In order that’s fairly sick.”
The shirt Nwodim wore Saturday matches the membership’s third shirt from the 2022/23 season. She has worn it not less than one different time on the present.
Nwodim and Eze share Igbo Nigerian heritage, with Eze having grown up in his group’s yard of South London and Nwodim in Baltimore.
The relations had been each part of historical past on Saturday. “SNL” accomplished a 50-season run that launched when it was nonetheless a hippie showcase that includes people stars and psychedelic comedy. Eze led his group to a win at a historic place, too — Wembley Stadium.
