‘Pissed’ Martha Stewart reveals ‘bastard’ parole officer stopped her from hosting ‘SNL’ — and she wants another crack at it

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“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Monday and expressed desire to host “Saturday Night Live” — after she was robbed of the opportunity 20 years ago.Stewart revealed that after she was released from prison in 2005, she was offered the chance to host the sketch comedy show.“I wanted to, and they asked me as I was coming out of Alderson, that camp I was in for a while,” Stewart recalled. “And my parole officer wouldn’t give me the time to do it,” she explained. “That bastard!

I still have his name and his number.”Stewart admitted that she’s still “so pissed” about the situation, but noted that “maybe some day” it will happen.“You’d be a fantastic host,” Fallon, 50, told Stewart.“Oh I would.

I’d be amazing,” she agreed, as the audience laughed and cheered. “Start a campaign,” Stewart told Fallon.The famous entrepreneur was sent to Alderson Federal Prison Camp in 2004 for charges related to conspiracy and obstruction of justice for her role in a stock trading scandal.

Stewart served five months behind bars before her release, after which she staged an unexpected career comeback.She detailed her prison stay in her 2024 Netflix documentary series “Martha.”“Physical exam, stripped of all clothes.