Pete Davidson is getting candid about how a lot he made throughout his time on Saturday Night Live.
The actor and comic, who starred on the NBC sketch comedy present from 2014 to 2022, not too long ago shared in an Instagram video for New York Magazine how a lot he earned for every episode, in addition to his “largest indulgence” after getting his first SNL paycheck.
“Do you guys know what they pay us? It’s like three grand an episode, so I believe I acquired dinner!” Davidson mentioned.
Davidson was identified on SNL for a number of memorable “Weekend Update” moments, characters and sketches, together with “Chad,” “Rap Roundtable” and “Jasmine and Aladdin.”
However, the Bupkis actor wasn’t the one SNL alum revealing what they introduced with their first massive paycheck. “I imply you don’t actually make sufficient cash to make massive purchases,” Jason Sudeikis, former castmember and author, admitted within the video. “So, I believe New York lease was most likely the largest buy I made after writing on SNL the primary yr.”
Rachel Dratch additionally used her cash on one thing sensible: condominium lease. Other SNL stars, together with James Austin Johnson, Sarah Sherman, Seth Meyers and Cheri Oteri, shared that they really purchased furnishings with their first test… relatable, proper?
“A sofa,” Oteri mentioned. “I’ve gotten it reupholstered three or 4 instances. I keep in mind a designer coming over in tears and he goes, ‘Oh, these arms are too excessive. We’re going to do away with that sofa.’ I mentioned, ‘Oh no. No, you’re not. Not at the moment, Satan! The sofa is staying, you’re going.’”
As for Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bowen Yang and Sarah Silverman, they went the posh route. “I purchased a pair of footwear that had been out of my funds,” Louis-Dreyfus mentioned with fun. “I’ve acquired to inform you, I believe they had been $75.”
Yang added, “Going to Saks throughout the road shopping for a pair of Gucci footwear. The type that everybody acquired, and the sort that I wouldn’t really feel tremendous cool sporting out now.”
