Heidi Gardner Took ‘A Couple Years’ to Get Travis Kelce as Host For ‘Saturday Night Live’: ‘The Biggest Swing I Ever Did’
variety.comMatt Minton mminton@variety.com Travis Kelce hosted “Saturday Night Live” in March 2023. Now, “SNL” cast member Heidi Gardner is giving the behind-the-scenes details on how she got him to host in the first place.
On an episode of the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast, Gardner said that “the biggest swing I ever did in that department, and it did work, but it took a couple years, was Travis Kelce.
I don’t want to take full credit from the show and the talent department, but I’m just, obviously a big Chiefs fan, and I had seen him do like other little acting gigs and appearances, and I was like, ‘He’s funny, he’s charming.’” The two presented a category together at the 2023 ESPY Awards.
After years of Gardner pushing for Kelce to host “SNL,” executive producer and creator Lorne Michaels gave in on one condition: Kelce had to win the Super Bowl first. “I was like, ‘That is so much pressure to ask.’ And then he won the Super Bowl,” Gardner recalled.
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