This 'SNL' Skit Got Hilariously Real About What Your Nike Leggings Are Actually For
For every woman out there currently sporting a pair of leggings while lying on the couch, three episodes deep into a Netflix binge of Wild, Wild Country (* raises hand *): Saturday Night Live sees you, hears you... and, well, wrote a skit about you.
Last night, SNL delivered a funny (and beyond accurate) take on women's workout leggings, playing on the idea that the piece of clothing often marketed by brands for its "moisture-wicking technology" and "performance wear" is instead often utilized for far more practical reasons: Googling Chris Evans' relationship status while sprawled out in bed, for example, or walking across the room to pay the delivery person who's just begrudgingly dropped off breakfast at 2 P.M.
The skit took shape as a faux-Nike commercial, wherein a female British narrator describes the all-new Nike "Pro-Chiller Legging," which is designed, she explains, "for endurance—but used for what most women actually do in leggings: setting up shop on their couch."
Between assurances that the leggings perform well during intense workouts like running and boxing, Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant make appearances to persuade audiences that the product is also perfect for those who plan to "just sit the hell down and chill in soft pants." Designed to keep up with women wherever their days take them, the "Pro-Chiller" leggings are created to withstand even the most intense of workouts, like moving from "couch [to] bed, [to] other side of couch."
As McKinnon's character puts it: "Women can do anything they want—and I want to do nothing. My Fitbit says I'm dead."
Same, Kate. Same.
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