‘SNL’ star Ego Nwodim sports activities Crystal Palace shirt after cousin Eberechi Eze leads workforce to FA Cup win

“Saturday Night time Dwell” forged member Ego Nwodim celebrated the tip of the present’s historic fiftieth season the same old method, by socializing on stage in Studio 8H at Rockefeller Heart in New York Metropolis.

She was there with the host, Scarlett Johansson, the musical visitor, Dangerous Bunny, and fellow forged members. However her coronary heart could have been dreaming of celebrations on the opposite aspect of the Atlantic.

Nwodim made certain cameras captured her higher torso as she sported a Crystal Palace jersey with the title 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 objective within the Eagles’ 1-0 win over Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup remaining.

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 informed a workforce interviewer who requested why an “SNL” forged 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 at the very least one different time on the present.

Nwodim and Eze share Igbo Nigerian heritage, with Eze having grown up in his workforce’s yard of South London and Nwodim in Baltimore.

The kin have 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 workforce to a win at a historic place, too — Wembley Stadium.