Angela Bassett, for one, seems to be trying ahead to watching Teyana Taylor host this weekend's episode of Saturday Night Live.

The Oscar winner was a fan of a promo dropped Wednesday that parodied Bassett's 1995 film Ready to Exhale and sees forged member Ashley Padilla inform Taylor, whereas they’re prepping for the present, that forged member Andrew Dismukes "ate my eggplant parm I used to be saving."

Padilla brushed it off, however lamented that she "had the proper chew left" of the dish.

None of this sat nicely with the One Battle After One other star, who talked Padilla into visiting Dismukes' dressing room, the place she abruptly seems in a nightgown, a gown, and flowing hair — the identical look that Bassett has in an necessary scene within the story in regards to the friendship between 4 Black ladies.

"I didn't know we have been altering," Padilla says.

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Within the film, Bassett's Bernadine has a critical breakup together with her husband of 11 years, for whom she had put apart her personal profession aspirations in assist of him and their household, and is now leaving her for a white girl. She goes into his closet and determines that "this motherf—er is psychotic" — she will't stand the way in which he completely strains up his sneakers — earlier than hauling his possessions exterior, the place she units them and his automobile on hearth with a can of gasoline and a cigarette.

Taylor takes an analogous strategy to the stolen meals. She's disgusted by Dismukes' many bobbleheads. She counts 732 — referencing Bernadine's fury within the movie scene — whereas Padilla, who stays by her aspect, counts "like 5."

Taylor even says aloud, "You don't deserve this, Bernadine!" as she strikes across the room ripping a poster from the partitions, uprooting a plant, and instructing Padilla to get the Nintendo. Padilla helps, however she reminds her confederate that her title is Ashley.

Taylor then lights a cigarette, units the tchotchkes aflame, and fury-walks out the door.

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Within the feedback, followers posted photographs of Bassett within the movie, and the verified account of Bassett herself shared her delight.

"I really like this sooo sooo a lot!!!!" she commented. "You bought me GOOD! xoAng."

Primarily based on the 1992 ebook by Terry McMillan, the Ready to Exhale film costarred Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, and the late Whitney Houston, and its soundtrack spawned a number of hit songs.

Saturday Evening Reside airs stay at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT Saturdays on NBC.

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