Cheri Oteri Pays Tribute To Barbara Walters on NYE Special – Hollywood Life

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Barbara Walters was usually impersonated with nice humor and adulation, and Saturday Night Live alum Cheri Oteri’s take on the late journalist was the cream of the crop. To present how a lot Barbara meant to her following the icon’s demise on the age of 93, Cheri paid tribute whereas showing on CNN’s New Year’s Eve particular with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.

Cheri admitted that earlier than listening to about her passing, she had deliberate to do her iconic SNL impression of the icon as she ‘started a podcast’ as Cheri knew that there was ‘no modern news medium that she didn’t evolve with’. But out of respect, she didn’t do the impression, however fairly paid tribute to the girl who was ‘part of the fabric of my childhood’ and gave her blessing to have the ‘big responsibility’ of parodying her on the present.

Cheri Oteri, who memorably portrayed Barbara Walters on “Saturday Night Live,” remembers the TV legend following her demise. #CNNNYE https://t.co/oouPLpZMfq pic.twitter.com/85YYnZJd8u

— CNN (@CNN) January 1, 2023

During her tenure on SNL, Cheri carried out a smorgasbord of characters and impressions, however none aside from her impersonation of Barbara Walters grew to become the gifted actress’ calling card. She wowed the reside Studio 8H audiences with it a reported 23 instances on the present!

She even reprised the impersonation for the 2020 CNN New Year’s Eve celebration hosted by Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper. “Oh, Andrew, Anderson, once again, it has been a pleasure for you to have me on your alcohol-laced pedestrian New Year’s Eve special during the apocalypse we call 2020,” Cheri’s Barbara mentioned on the published. “Now I’m afraid I’ve got to cut my exposure time with you both short, because I’m considered high risk – or, at this point, just high. Since we’re still in the home stretch of the holy hell we call 2020.”

And Barbara co-signed Cheri’s impersonation! On her last episode of The View in 2014, Barbara even launched a pre-taped section the place she is interviewed by Cheri, who’s enjoying Barbara! Check it out above!

Barbara’s passing was confirmed by her rep in a press release to HollywoodLife, which mentioned the star “passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones.” The rep added, “She lived her life with no regrets. She was a trailblazer not only for female journalists, but for all women.”

Following her demise, many different celebs and journalists who had the fortune of working with the icon took to social media to pay tribute. Read all of the heartwarming messages right here.

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