The 50th anniversary special of “Saturday Night Live” in February may have assisted by all, from Robert de Niro to Kim Kardashian, but according to the former “SNL” Pete Davidson, the audience inside the play was “terrible”.
In an appearance in “Late Night With Seth Meyers” Wednesday, Davidson – who plays in the new comedy “The Pickup” with Eddie Murphy – revealed that there were not as many laughs during the live show as we expected.
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“Well, as you know about” SNL40 “, a terrible audience,” Davidson told Meyers. “It’s a terrible audience. They are only famous people, and famous people like them.”
However, Davidson admitted that he was “guilty of that” too, with Meyers joking: “I remember when the pre-tape played, you were laughing. We said to ourselves: “Oh, it came far too hot”. ” »»
For the special, Davidson resumed his famous character of Chad in a pre-seated sketch with the original distribution Lainman Newman. “It was my only character that I could do. In eight years of ‘SNL’, I had a character,” said Davidson, laughing. “But he is not a very flattering character. Everyone was so excited to see Lain, then I just have my shirt.”
Despite the lack of enthusiasm, Davidson admitted that the public was not so bad – he could even sit next to Meryl Streep.
“Meryl reigns,” said Davidson about the Oscars winner. “I arrive at my seat and I look and I say to myself:” It cannot be true. And it was Meryl Streep and I sat down and I said to myself: “I’m sorry I’m sitting next to you.” And she was very kind.
Look at Davidson’s full interview with Meyers below.
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