Michael Che Kicks Off Annual Who May Be Leaving ‘SNL’ Guessing Game With Comedy Show Comment
deadline.comWhat is said at a comedy show does not stay at a comedy show. Weekend Update co-anchor and Saturday Night Live co-head writer Michael Che learned that this past weekend when a comment he made Friday during a pop-up show at a Minneapolis hair salon made national headlines.“This is my last year,” Che said during the set, according to the Star Tribune. “You know my tie is a clip-on, right?
What man wears a clip-on tie to work for eight years — that’s embarrassing.”The story was picked up by a number of publication, prompting Che to take to Instagram on Sunday and weigh in, next to a screen shot of HuffPo’s headline “‘Saturday Night Live’ Co-Head Writer Michael Che Says He’s Leaving ‘Weekend Update'”.“To comedy fans; please stop telling reporters everything you hear at a comedy show.
youre spoiling the trick,” Che wrote.While disputing the news headlines based on his joke, Che does not say outright that he won’t be leaving SNL at the end of this season.
That is possibly because no official decisions have been made yet about the cast for next season, according to sources.There is traditionally a lot of speculation every spring, leading to the SNL season finale, about who of the veteran cast members may be leaving.
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