Kristen Chenoweth appeared on the "Tonight Show" and sang the song "Popular" from the hit Broadway musical "Wicked," a show made famous with Chenoweth and Idina Menzel in the starring roles.
During her appearance on the show, Chenoweth told host Jay Leno that she is fascinated by Anthony Weiner. The politician is running for mayor in New York City, despite a sex scandal resulting from his tweeting pictures of his private parts to random women, a persistent problem that resurfaced last week when another woman came forward as a recipient of the photographs.
Chenoweth sang a spoof version of "Popular," with rewritten lyrics to "help" Weiner out with his campaign and improve his image problem.
"I'll teach you to zip your fly, you won't be that guy with a camera down his pants," she sang. "I'll teach you what tweets to tweet, something clean and sweet."
The chorus was also changed, with Chenoweth singing she would help Weiner become "the right kind of popular."
The humorous lyrics continued.
""They'll think you've become a monk, though they've seen your junk," she sang. "Now you'll play a different show."
During the performance, Chenoweth also addressed Weiner's wife, Huma, in an aside where she advised kicking him to the curb if he couldn't straighten up.
Despite the scandals, Weiner's wife has supported him, even as he resigned from office for the inappropriate tweets, some of which were sent while his wife was pregnant.
Weiner says that the inappropriate behavior ended a year ago and is continuing his mayoral campaign, though he has fallen in the polls since the most recent pictures have become public. Weiner had previously stated that it was possible more pictures would come out during his campaign.
Weiner has also stated that not only would the scandal not hurt him as mayor, but that he would be a better mayor as a result of the scandal.
Chenoweth performing 'Popular.'
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