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Elon Musk was the Saturday Night Live host who made cast members cry (ew.com)
3 points by iancmceachern on Nov 12, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


> Fineman's costar Bowen Yang revealed over the summer that an unnamed host made multiple cast members cry because he "hated" their ideas.

> Fineman said Musk made her "burst into tears" after she "stayed up all night" writing a sketch for him, only for him to react poorly to it. "I was so excited, I came in, I asked if you had any questions and you stared at me like you were firing me from Tesla and were like, 'It’s not funny.'" Musk, she said, then "started pawing through my script saying, 'I didn’t laugh. I didn’t laugh one time,'" recalled Fineman.

The horror.


Isnt that what they do for every host every week? or did she put in extra effort to try and wow elon and was sad when was like "Not Funny!"(imagine this in john mulaney doing mick jagger)


Have you ever written and performed a piece of performance fiction for a large public audience?


he started doing his sad little jump thing and bummed everyone out


SNL hasn't been funny for years.


Yes it has. When is the last time you watched?




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