Which ‘Saturday Night Live’ Alum and Current Thirst Trap Revealed They Never Watched Their Own Work?
NBC’s Saturday Night Live has been on television since the ‘70s and has seen many comedy icons join as writers or cast players in that time. In fact, a long list of eventual movie stars found their starts there. But which former SNL cast-member – and current unassuming thirst trap – revealed they “never saw any of the stuff” they did on the show?
‘Saturday Night Live’ launched a lot of Hollywood careers
Many comedy stars have kick-started big careers on SNL since the ‘70s. Currently, Pete Davidson and Shrill star Aidy Bryant are on the show. John Mulaney once worked there as a writer. Over the decades, SNL has given a spotlight to Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, and Amy Poehler – just to name a few.
But one SNL alum — who now stars as the lead on an HBO hit – revealed they were very anxious during their time on the show, and they never watched their own iconic sketches.
Bill Hader: ‘I never saw any of the stuff I did’
SNL alum Bill Hader once revealed to Variety, “I never saw any of the stuff I did. I think a nanny showed my kids Stefon, or the Californians or something. They came in and were like, ‘Dad, look at this.’ I was like, ‘Oh, yeah. There I am.’”
Hader emphasized that he really doesn’t know a lot of his own work on the show. “Any time someone says things to me that I don’t understand, I go, ‘Did I say that on SNL?’” he explained. As to why, it seems to be related to anxiety. He told Variety he was a “bit of a basketcase” and was “consumed with work and anxiety” while on the cast.
Notably, he once told InStyle he realized after his time on SNL that he was finding a comfort for his nervousness in making the audience laugh. He explained that even though he was uncomfortable, “If people start laughing, I’m like, ‘OK, I’m in a room with friends.’” And seemingly, that discomfort is what makes his work on the show hard for him to watch.
But it could also explain why he doesn’t understand the internet’s thirst for him.
On fans’ ‘thirst’: ‘They’re what?’
Apparently, Hader didn’t know what it meant when he first heard of the “thirst” over him. In fact, he told InStyle he was actually a little shocked to learn of it from a friend. He said he asked them, “They’re what? At the what?” before adding, “I don’t understand it at all.”
The Hader thirst is real, though – and it seems to be one of those things where the more he shrugs at it, the bigger it gets. That might be because some people find humility attractive, and Hader kind of seems to be loaded with it. While speaking about his own self-confidence, he said, “The whole confidence thing is a weird one.” He then noted, “It depends on what day it is.”
And honestly, comments like that will probably only make Hader fans even thirstier.
