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17th March 2024
01:45pm GMT
As we're all well aware by now - Ayo Edebiri is an honorary Irishwoman.
The star of The Bear is keeping up the long-running joke about her Irishness after sharing a great photo in celebration of St Patrick's Day this year.
The American actress, who has been claimed by Ireland after a joke of hers went viral last year, gave several shout-outs to us over here on her recent awards ceremony run.
And now, in a newly shared snap, the 28-year-old posted an Instagram story of her and Paul Mescal, with the caption "Happy St Paddy's".
The two actors are long-time friends, with Mescal saying that he would love to star in a rom-com alongside Ayo.
Shouting out her comedy film Bottoms in an interview last year, the Kildare man said “I think in the next five years I’m going to set myself a challenge to do maybe like a rom-com with Ayo or something like that would be cool.”
Edebiri continued her subtle nods to her adopted homeland during her hosting duties on Saturday Night Live last month.
The 28-year-old comedian hosted the legendary US sketch show for the first time in February and some viewers were quick to spot a subtle-ish nod to Ireland on one of her outfits.
During one of her monologues on the show, the Emmy award-winner donned a white t-shirt with her name on it, above a green four-leafed clover.
The initial joke started after a Letterboxd interview of Edebiri went viral, in which she claimed she played Jenny the Donkey in The Banshees of Inisherin.
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight at the Emmy Awards earlier this year, the topic of Ireland was brought up to Edebiri, to which she replied by saying: "Shout out to my people. Shout out to Derry, shout out to Cork, shout out to Killarney, shout out to Dublin."
ayo edebiri you will always be famous @bottomsmovie pic.twitter.com/wOhLproQOW
— Letterboxd (@letterboxd) August 30, 2023
During her monologue for SNL, Edebiri got emotional after explaining it was always a dream of hers to be on the long-running comedy show.
“I’m so excited to be here. SNL means so much to me. This really is a dream come true,” Edebiri said, fighting back tears.
"Genuinely, I am so excited for tonight," she added. "I came up in the New York comedy scene with some of my best friends, who I am so blessed to be working with here tonight, and it really truly feels like a homecoming."
We wish nothing but the best for our Irish queen and wishing her a great Paddy's Day.
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