Jesse Eisenberg is opening up about his “bad memories” from Saturday Night Live.
The 41-year-old A Real Pain Oscar nominee made an appearance on Today With Jenna & Friends, and addressed his SNL appearance back in January of 2011.
During the conversation, he admitted he thought part of being a SNL host meant he’d be pitching and writing all of the sketches for his episode, via People.
Keep reading to find out more…
“I only have bad memories because I did such a dumb thing,” he said.
“My dream when I was 17 was to write for SNL. I made a packet and everything and I got an agent. And then, when I got asked to host, which was 10 years later, I assumed I could write all the sketches. I didn’t know how it works. It turns out, they have writers,” he explained.
“I didn’t realize — I’m an idiot — and I was also just wanting to write,” he continued. “I’ve wanted to write my whole life. So I spent the week slipping scripts to different actors. I didn’t realize that was not the way you do that.”
“It was so unbelievably inappropriate and offensive of me that, no,” he went on, adding that he was once “told by somebody” that he’d be able to write sketches as host.
“It turns out I was sabotaged. I was assured, ‘Yes, of course. That sounds great,’ they said.”
Find out which stars are coming back for the SNL 50 anniversary special.
Leave a Reply