--- title: SNL's Angela Merkel Celebrates as TIME’s Person of the Year description: Saturday Night Live spoofed this week’s naming of Angela Merkel as TIME’s 2015 Person of the Year in a hilarious skit canonical: https://time.com/4146958/angela-merkel-snl-poy/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-13T16:45:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T08:58:22.242Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: SNL's Angela Merkel Celebrates Being TIME’s 2015 Person of the Year og:description: Kate McKinnon's "Angela Merkel" returns to 'Saturday Night Live' og:url: https://time.com/4146958/angela-merkel-snl-poy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a5512d1966d52d0/69887524cd1bba51766fe816/merkel-time.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: merkel-time og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: SNL's Angela Merkel Celebrates Being TIME’s 2015 Person of the Year twitter:description: Kate McKinnon's "Angela Merkel" returns to 'Saturday Night Live' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a5512d1966d52d0/69887524cd1bba51766fe816/merkel-time.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch _SNL'_s Angela Merkel React to Being TIME’s 2015 Person of the Year  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Dec 13, 2015 4:45 PM CUT  Saturday Night Live spoofed this week’s naming of Angela Merkel as TIME’s 2015 Person of the Year. Saturday Night Live spoofed this week’s naming of Angela Merkel as TIME’s 2015 Person of the Year.Hulu  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Dec 13, 2015 4:45 PM CUT _Saturday Night Live_ spoofed this week’s [naming of Angela Merkel as TIME’s 2015 Person of the Year](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2015-angela-merkel-choice/ "undefined") in a skit on the [the show’s “Weekend Update” segment](http://www.hulu.com/watch/883028 "undefined"). Europe’s most powerful leader was once again played by Kate McKinnon, who tried to show Merkel’s happiness at the choice. “I’m trying to celebrate,” McKinnon says while squirming in her [best impression](http://time.com/4142893/angela-merkel-kate-mckinnon-snl/ "undefined") of Germany’s chancellor. “My body is rejecting it. Won’t let me do it.” “Merkel” weighs in on the difficult year and how she handled it during the brief sketch. “2015 has not been the easiest year,” McKinnon says before lifting up TIME’s [2015 Person of the Year issue](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2015-angela-merkel-choice/ "undefined"). “Greece wanted to borrow more money. Syria asked if one million refugees could sleep on my couch.” **Read More:** [**See the Best of Kate McKinnon’s Hilarious Angela Merkel Impression**](http://time.com/4142893/angela-merkel-kate-mckinnon-snl/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4146958/angela-merkel-snl-poy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4146958/angela-merkel-snl-poy/"},"headline":"Watch SNL's Angela Merkel React to Being TIME’s 2015 Person of the Year","datePublished":"2015-12-13T16:45:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:58:22.242Z","description":"Kate McKinnon's \"Angela Merkel\" returns to Saturday Night Live","url":"https://time.com/4146958/angela-merkel-snl-poy/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a5512d1966d52d0/69887524cd1bba51766fe816/merkel-time.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a5512d1966d52d0/69887524cd1bba51766fe816/merkel-time.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"merkel-time","caption":"Saturday Night Live spoofed this week’s naming of Angela Merkel as TIME’s 2015 Person of the Year.","creditText":"Hulu","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4146958/angela-merkel-snl-poy/","name":"Watch SNL's Angela Merkel React to Being TIME’s 2015 Person of the Year"}}]}] ```