Kamala Harris did not attend the traditional Al Smith Dinner in New York on Thursday evening, but instead offered a video consolation to those in attendance. Harris enlisted actress Molly Shannon, who breathed new life into her lover Saturday evening live character, Catholic schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher.

In the video, Harris begins by talking about the Al Smith Dinner, a tradition in which presidential candidates roast each other and themselves during each election. As she speaks, Shannon runs after her as Mary Katherine Gallagher. “Hey, what’s going on?” says Harris. “Who was that?”

Harris then invites Mary Katherine to help her write her speech for the dinner, which she describes as “an important tradition that I am so proud to be a part of.” “My feelings about what you should say tonight are best expressed in a monologue from one of my favorite television shows,” Shannon replies.

“We need a woman to represent us,” says Shannon, adding, “And with this woman we can fly!” She then explains where the quote came from House of the Dragon and advises Harris not to lie in her speech. “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor,” says Shannon. She also suggests that Harris is “not offending Catholics.”

“I would never do that, no matter where I was,” Harris replies. “That would be like criticizing Detroit in Detroit.”

When Harris later advises that Shannon “never let anyone tell you who they are, you tell them who you are,” Shannon invokes Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off.”

Donald Trump, who attended the event, used his appearance to take aim at Harris for missing the dinner. “My opponent feels like she doesn’t need to be here, which is very disrespectful to the event and especially to our great Catholic community,” he said. “Very disrespectful.”

He added: “Tradition says I should tell a few self-deprecating jokes tonight. So here goes. No. I don’t have anything… I guess I don’t see the point in shooting at myself when other people have been shooting at me for a long time.”