Pete Davidson revealed in a video roundup for New York Magazine how a lot he was paid as a “Saturday Night Live” solid member.
In the video posted on social media on Wednesday, Davidson, together with a number of present “SNL” stars and fellow alums, opened up concerning the “largest indulgence” they splurged on after receiving their first paycheck from the NBC sketch comedy sequence.
“Do you guys know what they pay us?” mentioned Davidson, who spent eight seasons as an “SNL” solid member from 2014 to 2022. “It’s like three grand an episode. I believe I obtained dinner.”
Jason Sudeikis shared an identical sentiment about his “SNL” wage, saying, “I imply, you don’t make sufficient cash to make large purchases, so I believe New York hire was in all probability the most important buy I made after writing my first yr on ‘SNL.’” He was employed as a author in 2003 and later labored as a solid member for 9 seasons from 2005 to 2013.
Other former and present “SNL” solid members within the video embody 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 inform you, 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 variety that everybody obtained, and the type I wouldn’t really feel tremendous cool sporting out now.”
Some mentioned 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. We need to get … We’re going to eliminate that sofa.’ I mentioned, ‘Oh no. No, you’re not. Not at this time, Satan. No, the sofa is staying. You’re going.’”
“Saturday Night Live” is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary with a dwell primetime particular on Feb. 16. The sequence airs on NBC at 11:30 p.m. ET and streams on Peacock.
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