The longest-running cast member doesn’t know if the show should go on without Lorne Michaels.
“Is that the rumor?
“Kenan Thompsonjoked during a recent appearance on Charlamagne the God’sComedy Central showHell of a Week.
Kenan Thompson.Mary Ellen Matthews/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty
“All right, well, I need to start planning.”
“I’d like to see that through,” Michaels told Gayle King onCBS Morningin December.
“I have a feeling that would be a really good time to leave.”
Thompson, 44, agreed.
“That’s an incredible package.”
“He’s the one that’s had his touch on the whole thing,” Thompson said.
“They spend a lot of money on that show every week.
It’s an expensive show, but it’s a one-of-a-kind thing.
It’s the only one.
You know, ‘Live from New York.'”
Saturday Night Live’s48th season is expected to premiere in fall 2022.
