Sarah Silverman Says Working at ‘SNL’ Makes ‘You Feel Like a Piece of S— and You’re Terrified’; Conan O’Brien Saved Her Career After ‘SNL’ Firing
Sarah Silverman recently appeared on “The Howard Stern Show” and credited Conan O’Brien for helping to save her career after she was fired from “Saturday Night Live.” Silverman was a writer and cast member on “SNL” Season 19 but got dropped after one season.
“Conan was the best thing for me,” Silverman said about how O’Brien would invite her onto “Late Night” after her firing. “That was his first year [on ‘Late Night’], was my first and only year at ‘SNL.’ And he put me on all the time, even after I was fired, all the time, and that was the start for me.”
“And I wouldn’t have been able to be on Conan without ‘SNL,'” she added. “And it was an incredible kind of boot camp experience.”
Silverman said that while being at “SNL” was “so magical” and “so amazing,” there was also “just something about it where...
“Conan was the best thing for me,” Silverman said about how O’Brien would invite her onto “Late Night” after her firing. “That was his first year [on ‘Late Night’], was my first and only year at ‘SNL.’ And he put me on all the time, even after I was fired, all the time, and that was the start for me.”
“And I wouldn’t have been able to be on Conan without ‘SNL,'” she added. “And it was an incredible kind of boot camp experience.”
Silverman said that while being at “SNL” was “so magical” and “so amazing,” there was also “just something about it where...
- 5/16/2025
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
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