Pete Davidson revealed in a video roundup for New York Journal how a lot he was paid as a “Saturday Night time Reside” forged member.
Within the video posted on social media on Wednesday, Davidson, together with a number of present “SNL” stars and fellow alums, opened up in regards to the “greatest indulgence” they splurged on after receiving their first paycheck from the NBC sketch comedy sequence.
“Do you guys know what they pay us?” stated Davidson, who spent eight seasons as an “SNL” forged member from 2014 to 2022. “It’s like three grand an episode. I believe I received dinner.”
Jason Sudeikis shared an analogous sentiment about his “SNL” wage, saying, “I imply, you don’t make sufficient cash to make large purchases, so I believe New York lease was in all probability the largest buy I made after writing my first 12 months on ‘SNL.’” He was employed as a author in 2003 and later labored as a forged member for 9 seasons from 2005 to 2013.
Different former and present “SNL” forged members within the video embrace James Austin Johnson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sarah Silverman, Sarah Sherman, Cheri Oteri, Seth Meyers, Bowen Yang and Rachel Dratch.
“I purchased a pair of sneakers that had been out of my price range,” Louis-Dreyfus revealed. “I’m going to let you know, they had been $75.”
Yang additionally indulged in a pair of sneakers, saying within the video, “Going to Saks throughout the road, shopping for a pair of Gucci sneakers. The type that everybody received, and the type I wouldn’t really feel tremendous cool carrying out now.”
Some stated they used their first paycheck to purchase furnishings, together with Johnson, Meyers and Oteri.
“A sofa. I’ve gotten it reupholstered three or 4 instances,” Oteri replied. “I bear in mind a designer coming over in tears, and he goes, ‘OK, these arms are too excessive. Now we have to get … We’re going to do away with that sofa.’ I stated, ‘Oh no. No, you’re not. Not right now, Devil. No, the sofa is staying. You’re going.’”
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