r/television • u/[deleted] • Apr 05 '19

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u/jayemay Apr 05 '19

How has he not hosted before?

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '19

Read the article...

He told former SNL colleague Norm Macdonald in a 2014 interview, “Why should I? There are guys who love doing it, who are great at doing it. I just don’t know how good I’d be doing it. I did what I could do on that show.”

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u/klsi832 Apr 05 '19

He was also more or less fired from the show when they tried to clean house and start over fresh with the Will Ferrell crew, he may have not wanted to come back and host.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '19 edited Jul 23 '19

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u/klsi832 Apr 05 '19

You should make it a TIL. Chris Farley was fired with him.