Fans of Saturday Night Live‘s new cast member Jenny Slate can relax. The actress, who accidently dropped the F-bomb on the show’s season premiere this week, is not going to be fired for her slip-up.
Jenny Slate, one of SNL‘s two new cast members this season, accidently slipped up and said the dreaded F-word during the show’s season premiere hosted by Megan Fox. During a skit featuring Slate, Fox and Kristin Wiig in a ‘biker chick chat,’ Slate misfired by saying ‘f**king’ live on air. East coast viewers had the fun of watching the slip and Slate’s comical face response. West Coast viewers, however, had their showing edited of the f-bomb video moment.
Rumors over the weekend that Jenny Slate would be fired from SNL over the F-bomb proved to be unfounded. NBC spokeswoman Sharon Pannozzo released a statement saying there was “no truth to the firing conjecture. She will not be fired.” SNL producer Lorne Michaels told The Washington Post the incident was “nothing dirty, just a slip of the tongue.”
In the end, the F-bomb drop might just be a good thing for Jenny Slate. In a season premiere where Megan Fox hosted and U2 was the musical guest, all anyone is talking about is Slate’s debut performance. That’s one way to make a name for yourself.
I’m actually amazed that she only dropped it once, considering how many times she had to say the word “freakin'” in the dialogue.
Yeah, they put her in a tongue-twister of a skit. I noticed how Fox went w/ “friggin'” instead of “freaking”. Probably a good choice and less likely to drop the bomb w/ that one.
That’s good. I hadn’t heard if NBC had even released a statement about it…I felt so bad for her. Can you seriously imagine doing that in your debut sketch as an SNL cast member?
Nice place. I like it a lot… but why is it so brief?