Heidi Gardner became the butt of the joke on this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” when she broke character and began laughing uncontrollably during a sketch on the show. Gardner played the moderator of a NewsNation show, in which she talks to an MIT professor, portrayed by Kenan Thompson, about the pitfalls of AI. Thompson, though, quickly becomes distracted by someone in the audience who looks just like ‘90s cartoon character Beavis, played by guest host Ryan Gosling.
“Sir,” she says before she busts out laughing for about 20 seconds while the audience cheers. When Day realizes she’s talking to him, she continues to laugh, even as she tries to soldier on. A few moments later, an audience member stands to ask a question, but is overshadowed because she’s standing behind Beavis and Butt-Head. “Look, they’re even sitting like they do on the show!” an incredulous Thompson exclaims, while Gosling laughs and struggles to spit out his lines.