Ex-SNL star Vanessa Bayer reveals why she lied to family about joining hit show: ‘You cannot tell a soul’

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Former “Saturday Night Live” star Vanessa Bayer revealed that she was forced to lie to her family for a month when she landed the coveted gig after hearing “horror stories” of past cast members.

During Wednesday’s episode of the “Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson” podcast, Vanessa Bayer opened up about how she couldn’t tell anyone she was cast in SNL when she was moving from Chicago to New York City ahead of her debut.“It was crazy,” Bayer shared. “[It was] just a month of lying to everyone close to me.”Bayer said she sat outside of “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels’ office for nearly 3 hours before meeting with him a week after she auditioned to find out if she was hired.

Michaels ended the meeting promising that he’d be in touch within the next 24 hours with a decision, which forced Beyer’s parents to stay awake for the entire time.

It wasn’t until a week after the meeting that a producer called Beyer and offered her a spot as a featured player on the late-night sketch show in 2010.