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Pete Davidson Told Lorne Michaels to Fire Him

Variety on MSN · 19h

Pete Davidson Asked Lorne Michaels to Fire Him After First ‘SNL' Season; Michaels Said ‘It's Going to Suck for Three or Four Years'

After just one season of “Saturday Night Live,” Pete Davidson wanted out. In the new “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” docuseries, the comedian revealed that he asked series creator and showrunner Lorne Michaels to cut him loose.

Hollywood Reporter on MSN · 9h

Pete Davidson Asked Lorne Michaels to Fire Him After His First Year on ‘SNL’

Pete Davidson is revealing he previously let his imposter syndrome get the best of him.

Entertainment Weekly on MSN · 23h

Pete Davidson asked “SNL” boss Lorne Michaels to fire him: 'I don't belong here'

"Everybody here is so talented and they don't want to be my friend," the comedian recalled telling the "Saturday Night Live" creator after his first season.

Damon Wayans, SNL

Deadline on MSN · 17h

Damon Wayans On ‘SNL’ Sketch That Got Him Fired: “I Snapped, I Just Did Not Care”

Damon Wayans is opening up about his short stint on Saturday Night Live and the sketch that got him fired from the NBC late-night sketch show.

Damon Wayans Explains Why He Did 'SNL' Sketch Stunt That Got Him Fired

The matter came to a boil when Wayans went rogue during a sketch called “Mr. Monopoly” in 1986. Wayans played his cop character as an effeminate gay cliche, which was not what was rehearsed. “I snapped.

When Damon Wayans Went ‘Rogue’ and Got Fired From ‘SNL’

Comedian Damon Wayans appears as a sort of ghost from Saturday Night Live’s past in the new Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night to explain why he “went rogue” and “wanted [Lorne Michaels] to fire me” after his brief stint during the show’s notoriously troubled 1985-1986 season of the show.

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'SNL' creator's UT Austin exhibit will tell story of the iconic TV show

Lorne Michaels donates his "Saturday Night Live" archive to UT Austin's Harry Ransom Center, showcasing nearly 50 years of TV ...

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Lorne Michaels Told Bill Hader, Who Was 'Prone to Anxiety Attacks,' to 'Calm the F--- Down' Before Hosting SNL

Bill Hader was "prone to anxiety attacks" during his time on 'Saturday Night Live', and, according to an excerpt from Susan ...

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‘SNL’ show creator Lorne Michaels donates archive to University of Texas

Live” creator Lorne Michaels has donated his career archive to the Harry Ransom Center cultural archive at the University of ...

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‘SNL’ Auditions Revealed: Jim Carrey, Jennifer Coolidge, Kevin Hart, Stephen Colbert and More Stars Who Got Cut

Beyond Saturday Night' shows failed auditions from Jennifer Coolidge, Stephen Colbert, Donald Glover, Mindy Kaling and more ...

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Lorne Michaels Donates Career Archive to University of Texas

Lorne Michaels has donated a collection of his work on Saturday Night Live and more to the Harry Ransom Center at the ...

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How ‘SNL’ nearly got canceled during this ‘f – – k up’ season — that Tom Hanks called ‘painfully obvious’

Tom Hanks said that his first time hosting “SNL” in Season 11, he noticed, “The division between what worked and what didn’t ...

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Donald Trump loves to hate 'Saturday Night Live.' But did 'SNL' help elect him?

Donald Trump has had a rocky relationship with NBC's “Saturday Night Live, ” the sketch-comedy show he accused of ...

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