Amid swirling rumors of a solid shakeup following Saturday Night time Reside‘s wrapping of its historic fiftieth season final week, Kenan Thompson is hinting at a possible solid shakeup heading into the autumn.
Talking to Web page Six lately, the comedian and longest-tenured SNL member referred to as the ending of Season 50, which included a flurry of anniversary actions and a prolonged Sunday particular, “bittersweet.”
“Particularly this yr the place it seems like there’s possibly, presumably, a number of change subsequent yr,” he stated, including, “You need everybody to remain endlessly, realizing that folks could also be making choices this summer time … it’s all the time such as you need your children to remain younger.”
With 22 seasons below his belt, Thompson additionally revealed that he has but to signal a contract for his twenty third, although he stays optimistic, he stated.
“You simply by no means know what the longer term holds. I don’t need to be in the way in which of another person or I don’t need to be the stale previous man using the identical factor. That doesn’t actually occur that a lot at SNL however there’s no ensures, I assume,” he defined.
The finale final week, that includes host Scarlett Johansson and musical visitor Dangerous Bunny, included loads of sly jokes about massive modifications, together with a throw-away line about Sarah Sherman being pressured out with out her data and a Weekend Replace joke swap the place co-anchor Michael Che had colleague Colin Jost learn a line threatening to take over longtime boss Lorne Michaels. “Retire, bitch! Let me run the present,” he quipped.
Regardless of a scarcity of ultimate goodbyes throughout goodnights, individuals on-line couldn’t assist theorizing whether or not MVP Bowen Yang’s emotional hug with Sherman was indicative of his departure; nonetheless, he confirmed shortly afterward that the heartfelt show was about him “simply processing” the completion of the season.
However modifications are prone to come with a 17-member solid that options six veterans who’ve been on the present for seven or extra seasons: Jost, Che, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim and, in fact, Thompson.
