Amid swirling rumors of a solid shakeup following Saturday Night time Dwell‘s wrapping of its historic fiftieth season final week, Kenan Thompson is hinting at a possible solid shakeup heading into the autumn.
Chatting with Web page Six not too long ago, the comedian and longest-tenured SNL member known as the ending of Season 50, which included a flurry of anniversary actions and a prolonged Sunday particular, “bittersweet.”
“Particularly this yr the place it seems like there’s possibly, probably, lots of change subsequent yr,” he stated, including, “You need everybody to remain ceaselessly, realizing that individuals could also be making selections this summer season … it’s all the time such as you need your children to remain younger.”
With 22 seasons beneath his belt, Thompson additionally revealed that he has but to signal a contract for his twenty third, although he stays optimistic, he stated.
“You simply by no means know what the long run holds. I don’t need to be in the way in which of another person or I don’t need to be the stale outdated man using the identical factor. That doesn’t actually occur that a lot at SNL however there’s no ensures, I suppose,” he defined.
The finale final week, that includes host Scarlett Johansson and musical visitor Unhealthy Bunny, included loads of sly jokes about massive adjustments, together with a throw-away line about Sarah Sherman being pressured out with out her information and a Weekend Replace joke swap the place co-anchor Michael Che had colleague Colin Jost learn a line threatening to take over longtime boss Lorne Michaels. “Retire, bitch! Let me run the present,” he quipped.
Regardless of an absence of ultimate goodbyes throughout goodnights, folks on-line couldn’t assist theorizing whether or not MVP Bowen Yang’s emotional hug with Sherman was indicative of his departure; nonetheless, he confirmed shortly afterward that the heartfelt show was about him “simply processing” the completion of the season.
However adjustments are prone to come with a 17-member solid that options six veterans who’ve been on the present for seven or extra seasons: Jost, Che, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim and, in fact, Thompson.
