Here are 14 actors who were fired from SNL:
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In the fourth episode of Docuseries’s Peacock SNL50: Saturday Night Afterand Damon Wayans The writers, he said, “will fire [his] “Ideas Down” and continued to give him stereotypical roles, some of which he rejected. So, 12 episodes into Season 11, he went off-book during live tapping for “Mr Monopoly“Drawing, making the character of a policewoman into the ‘Gay Guy’ stereotype.” Lorne Michaels “He pretty much shot it as he walked off the stage.”
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In 2019, Season 35 cast member Jenny Slate She shut down long-standing rumors that she had been fired SNL A decade ago after he accidentally swore during a live broadcast. She said InstyleBy the way, everyone always thinks I was shot for saying damn it: I didn’t, that’s why I was shot. I have no idea how Lorne feels about me.
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After five years on the show, Norm MacDonald was fired alongside James Downey in 1998. In 2014, James told eagle“Well, it was all because… [NBC executive] Don Ohlmeyer. Norm MacDonald, anchor Weekend updateand I used to write a lot of jokes about OJ Simpson, and we’d been doing that for over three years. Without being a good friend to OJ, he had enough.”
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After six seasons, Jay PharoahThe contract was not renewed in 2016. The following year, he said Hot 97“You go where you’re appreciated. If you have a lot of people in the cast saying things like, ‘You’re so talented, you’re capable,’ and they’re not using you.” It’s unfair, and it makes us feel bad because they’re not using you, and you’re a talent… ‘They put people in boxes and anything they want you to do, they expect you to do.’
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After six seasons, Adam SandlerKind of He resigned at the same time as it was fired” in 1995.
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Adam Sandler’s best friend, Chris Farley, was fired alongside him.
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As an already established name, it was Robert Downey Jr hired to SNL Season 8 to draw new viewers. However, after ratings dropped to an all-time low, Lorne Michaels fired Robert along with most of the cast.
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Joan Cusack also said at the same time as Robert Downey Jr. in 2000. Fresh air“It wasn’t working, and it wasn’t working for me either. I was miserable.”
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After three years on the show, Chris Rock was fired due to… [he] He was leaving to go to In living color“
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Season 34 cast member Michaela Watkins was let go in 2009. She told Entertainment Weekly“The only explanation I got [Lorne] — and what he’s not known for saying things just to make people feel better — is that he felt deeply that I should have my own show. And I agreed. SNL It was a dream come true for me. It’s been a great year. I have no regrets.”
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Season 19 cast member Sarah Silverman hired SNL It was launched almost immediately. “In 2013, she told HuffPost Live“It’s not like I was screwing up again.”
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After six years, Taran Killam’s contract was not renewed in 2016. Uproxx“I don’t quite know. I don’t know the other side of it. You sign up for seven years, so I did another year. But then, they never got my contract.” [Why We’re Killing Gunther]and I would have two months of post-production that would have bled in SNL Production schedule, so we kind of communicate that. “
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Laurie Metcalfe, a cast member in season six, was in the show for one episode prior to the 1981 WGA Strike to stop season. She was not asked to return for Season 7.
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Finally, Chris Parnell was fired SNL Twice – first in 2001 for unknown reasons, then in 2006 due to budget cuts. After its initial release, it was quickly released.
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