Saturday Evening Dwell’s Chloe Fineman is asking out former host Elon Musk.
In a now-deleted TikTok video posted Monday, November 11, Fineman claimed that the Tesla and SpaceX CEO made her cry when he hosted the NBC sketch present in Could 2021.
“OK, I simply noticed some information article about Elon Musk being butthurt about SNL and his impression,” the comic, 36, started the video, referring to Musk slamming Dana Carvey’s impression of him on the Saturday, November 9, episode of SNL. (“SNL has been dying slowly for years, as they turn into more and more out of contact with actuality,” Musk shared by way of X on Sunday, November 10.)
Fineman mentioned in her video, “I’m gonna come out and say, in the end, that I’m the solid member that he made cry and he’s the host that made somebody cry.”
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“I’m like, no, for those who’re gonna go in your platform and be impolite like, guess what?” she continued. “You made I, Chloe Fineman, burst into tears as a result of I stayed up all evening writing the sketch, I used to be so excited, I got here in, I requested when you have any questions, and also you stared at me such as you have been firing me from Tesla and have been like, ‘It’s not humorous.’ I waited so that you can be like, ‘Haha, JK.’ No. Then you definitely began pawing by means of my script being like, ‘I didn’t chuckle as soon as. Not one time.’”
Fineman concluded the video saying, “Minimize to the sketch [that] made it on [TV] and it was advantageous and I really had a very good time, and I believed you’re actually humorous in it, however have a little bit manners right here, sir.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Musk’s representatives for remark.
Again in August, Fineman’s costar Bowen Yang mentioned {that a} previous SNL host made “a number of solid members cry,” although he didn’t title the wrongdoer.
Talking on the “Fly on the Wall” podcast in September, Yang gave additional particulars in regards to the incident.
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“Think about you keep up till 4 a.m. writing a sketch after which the host is like, ‘I f—ing hate this,’” Yang, who has been on SNL since 2018, mentioned. “Your nerves are frayed, you’re going to have some bizarre, weird emotional response.”
Yang famous that he was “not saying [he] was the one who cried.”
