In an unlikely interview with Snoop Dogg for GGN News (posted on YouTube), Bates' famous role was brought up by the rapper, to which Bates responded with a quote from the movie regarding foosball's connection with the devil. At this point in the interview, Snoop says that "The Waterboy" is a great movie, and Bates made a startling confession about when she had received the script. She stated, "I have to admit this, I didn't know who Adam Sandler was."
She continued, "I wasn't watching 'SNL.' So I get this script, and I don't know who Adam Sandler is, and I'm reading it, and after the first 12 pages I threw it in the trash. So I threw it in the trash and I'm sitting there on my bed and my niece, who works for me, came in and she said, 'What is this?' and she pulled it out and said, 'Adam Sandler ... you don't know the Hanukkah song?'" Bates then elaborated that her niece told her that she absolutely had to take the role in "The Waterboy," and Bates added that she was glad she listened to her niece because she had a great time while filming the movie.
