{"id":47296,"date":"2022-06-12T13:32:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T13:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/michael-che-shares-intoxicating-reason-hes-not-leaving-saturday-night-live-yet\/"},"modified":"2022-06-12T13:32:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T13:32:16","slug":"michael-che-shares-intoxicating-reason-hes-not-leaving-saturday-night-live-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/michael-che-shares-intoxicating-reason-hes-not-leaving-saturday-night-live-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Che shares ‘intoxicating’ reason he’s not leaving ‘Saturday Night Live’ yet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michael Che has a “Weekend Update” on why he’s sticking around “Saturday Night Live.”<\/p>\n

The \u201cSNL\u201d player and co-head writer told Howard Stern this week why, despite telling \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d creator Lorne Michaels that this season of the sketch comedy show would be his last, he ultimately decided to return next season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI 100% was leaving,\u201d Manhattan-born Che, 39, said on SiriuxXM’s \u201cThe Howard Stern Show\u201d Wednesday. \u201cAnd the whole time Lorne’s like, ‘Yeah, OK.’ But I 100% told him I was leaving. Like at the beginning of the season, I was like, ‘I’m done. I can’t do it. I’m finished, I’m finished, I’m finished. ‘”<\/p>\n

But despite how adamant he was about splitting, the funnyman, who co-anchors the \u201cWeekend Update\u201d segment of \u201cSNL\u201d alongside Colin Jost, said that \u201cno one kind of believed it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was still leaving when I said it, when I walked it back. But I walked it back ’cause I didn’t want to distract from the season. I hate when the show feels like it’s about my BS, \u201dChe said. “I don’t want my fellow cast members to have to answer that question in interviews.”<\/p>\n

So, he decided to \u201cannounce it when I’m actually gone. But it came down to why I wanted to leave, which was to have time to do other things. “<\/p>\n

And ultimately, he and Michaels, 77, came to an agreement that would afford Che that time.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it made it worth staying,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

When Stern pointed out that Che could likely make more money by devoting his time exclusively to stand-up comedy, the comedian confessed, “My fantasy is to work the [Comedy] Cellar everyday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo to me, you don’t really think about the money, you think more so about that weapon of being on live television … kind of the last place where something exciting can happen. Even if it doesn’t, the possibility is there. It’s NASCAR. Something crazy can happen. … I think that’s still intoxicating. I think that’s why people always come back. “<\/p>\n

But he admitted he’s at a point where he’s started to doubt “if I have anything to offer anymore,” and noted that a change of scenery is tempting, in order to “feel like you’re a stronger artist.”<\/p>\n

The \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d players who ended up leaving the show after the May 21 season finale were Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson and Kyle Mooney.<\/p>\n

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Michael Che has a “Weekend Update” on why he’s sticking around “Saturday Night Live.” The \u201cSNL\u201d player and co-head writer told Howard Stern this week why, despite telling \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d creator Lorne Michaels that this season of the sketch comedy show would be his last, he ultimately decided to return next season. \u201cI 100% …<\/p>\n

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