Nikki Glaser Finally Overcomes Her ‘Spirit Tunnel Anxiety’ on “Jennifer Hudson Show” After Hilarious “SNL” Sketch
Nikki Glaser Finally Overcomes Her ‘Spirit Tunnel Anxiety’ on “Jennifer Hudson Show” After Hilarious “SNL” Sketch
Staff AuthorMon, April 27, 2026 at 11:55 PM UTC
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Nikki Glaser does the Spirit Tunnel on The Jennifer Hudson Show on Monday, April 27.Credit: The Jennifer Hudson Show/Instagram -
Nikki Glaser joked about appearing on The Jennifer Hudson Show and anxiety about facing the show's Spirit Tunnel
In a previous SNL sketch in November 2025, she promoted a fictitious medication, "Hudsacillin"
Then she jokingly took "Hudsacillin" while she made her way down the hallway at The Jennifer Hudson Show on Monday, April 27
Nikki Glaser has officially taken on the Spirit Tunnel.
On Monday, April 27, the comedian appeared on The Jennifer Hudson Show and played into her previous jokes about getting anxious for the show's signature Spirit Tunnel.
The Instagram account for the daytime talk show posted a clip of Glaser, 41, heading to the tunnel. The comic appeared apprehensive as she held a coffee cup and a pill bottle — seemingly in reference to a previous Saturday Night Live sketch promoting "Hudsacillin." She then pretended to swallow a pill and headed down the hallway. The magic pill worked instantly, and she confidently danced down the hallway.
"@nikkiglaser officially conquered her Spirit Tunnel anxiety! 👑," the Instagram caption read.
Nikki Glaser overcomes her Spirit Tunnel anxiety.Credit: The Jennifer Hudson Show/Instagram
Ahead of her appearance, Glaser appeared on SNL in November and made light of how celebrities may overthink their Spirit Tunnel appearance.
"I love Jennifer Hudson," Glaser said in the parody. "But as an uncoordinated white woman, I felt trapped. I tried practicing, but everything I came up with looked career-ending."
Glaser is promoting the fictitious "Hudsacillin" in the sketch, saying, "Hudsacillin is the only medication proven to cure Sprit Tunnel-related symptoms. Hudsacillin works not by taking your anxiety away, but by making you so violently ill that you have no choice but to cancel."
At the time, Hudson, 44, reacted to the sketch and invited Glaser on the show.
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"Omg!!!!! The way I hollered !!! Get your Hudsacillin today yal!!! #SNL @jenniferhudsonshow," Hudson's social media post read. "(@nikkiglaser, come on and get your Spirit Tunnel treatment, we are ready for u at The Happy Place!)"
Hudsacillin, Nikki Glaser on Saturday Night LiveCredit: NBC; Nora Rockwell/NBC
Months later, on April 6, Glaser spoke on the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast about the popular sketch.
She noted that it was one of the few ideas she brought into her week at the show. "It was really from like watching those being like, 'I'm so glad they haven't asked me to do it.' "
As she continued, she explained, "I would probably say yes because I don't like missing out on things that could be fun because I'm scared of looking stupid. And so I force myself to do it and then I am so dreading it. The dread like ages me. I feel like I lose years of my life with the anxiety ahead of it."
Despite the anxiety and the jokes about it, Glaser's actual walk through the Spirit Tunnel was a success. The Property Brothers commented on The Jennifer Hudson Instagram video: "So brave!😂 nailed it👏."
One user wrote, "She took her Hudsicilin! I'm proud of her! 😂." Another added in part, "She ate that up."
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