Feeling nosy about how much celebrities make is an activity everyone secretly enjoys. Many artists, actors, and directors get paid big bucks, with some of them becoming billionaires thanks to their art or side businesses. Looking at the Saturday Night Live cast, which has employed some of the biggest comedians of all time who’d proven their talent both on live television every weekend and in other projects, this leads to the question: How much does former SNL star Kate McKinnon make? 6x5c59

Kate McKinnon’s first stint at comedy was in Logo TV’s The Big Gay Sketch Show, an LGBT-themed sketch comedy series she ed in 2007. She was a cast member for all three seasons, in between live sketch comedy shows and voice acting roles. It wasn’t until she ed the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2012 that she started getting more acclaim, and was promoted to repertory status the next year. Her work on the series, which included character work and celebrity impressions — including her amazing Hillary Clinton portrayal — led to ten Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, winning two of them.

A talented and versatile artist, McKinnon expanded her repertoire and went on to star in several films, a lot of them including fellow SNL alums like 2015’s Sisters, 2016’s Ghostbusters, and 2017’s Rough Night. She also appeared in non-comedy roles like 2019’s Yesterday and Bombshell, and the 2023 blockbuster Barbie, where she played Weird Barbie. McKinnon also voiced characters in 2016’s Finding Dory and The Angry Birds Movie, The Simpsons, Nature Cat, and Family Guy.

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There are several salary tiers for the Saturday Night Live stars and McKinnon was there for 10 years. This led to some serious bank, as Celebrity Net Worth reports the comedian has a net worth of $9 million.

Many stars received big salaries when working on SNL, and it all depends on seniority. For example, first-year cast make as little as $7k per episode, with the highest salary, reserved for the longest or most important , reaching $25k per episode, or $525k per year. Looking at how long and how important McKinnon was for the series, she won a lot of money during her stint with the show. Of course, not all of her $9 million net worth is thanks to SNL. Kate McKinnon has appeared in other projects and roles, as well as done several commercials for Ford Focus, Tostitos, Verizon, and more.

McKinnon is one of the biggest and most talented stars of SNL, and although she has taken a step back in 2022, she returned to host in December 2023. She also recently expressed her desire to return as a member in the season 50. “You know… I do still live in New York, so it’s not too far of a train ride, couple stops,” McKinnon said during an appearance on the Today Show. “Yeah, I’ll come back. I would love to come back.”

With several roles in store, the decision to return to SNL has nothing to do with money. McKinnon is set to star in 2025’s A Minecraft Movie based on the popular video game, The Roses, a comedy-drama starring former SNL alum Andy Samberg, Olivia Colman, and Benedict Cumberbatch, as well as the sci-fi drama In the Blink of an Eye, with Andrew Stanton at the helm, and the adaptation of Deb Lucke’s young adult graphic novel The Lunch Witch, currently in early development, where McKinnon plays the lead character, Grunhilda. All of that will add up to her $9 million net worth, and her bank might grow further if she decides to come back to Saturday Night Live.

Kate McKinnon is a comedic tour de force. She was one of the last truly undeniable stars to come out of Saturday Night Live to date, and many have argued that she one of the best cast during her decade-long stint on the show.

Despite being such an outlandish performer, however, McKinnon has preferred to keep her private live, well, private. She has stayed out of the limelight when it doesn’t have to do with her comedy, which naturally makes fans even more interested in what she’s doing when she’s not making us laugh.

Here’s what you need to know about Kate McKinnon’s love life.

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Kate McKinnon is not married. The Saturday Night Live comedian has never married, actually, and has spoken very little about her relationships during interviews. Vanity Fair claimed that McKinnon dated journalist Bari Weiss when she was attending Columbia University. The comedian is also said to have been romantically involved with actress Marla Mindelle, per Who Dated Who.

The most notable relationship that McKinnon has seemingly had, though, has been with Jackie Abbott. McKinnon and Abbott were first spotted together at a Broadway show 2016, and McKinnon took the latter with her to the Emmys in 2017. When Kate McKinnon took home the award for Best ing Actress, she even thanked Abbott in her speech. “Thank you, Jack,” she asserted. “I love you.”

Some fans have theorized that McKinnon and Abbott have a cat together. The former went on The Tonight Show to talk about her cat, who is named Nino Positano, and repeatedly referred to a “we” when describing her living situation. This, of course, was never confirmed to be a reference to Jackie Abbott, who is an actress and comedian as well.

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Kate McKinnon relationship status is a bit of a mystery at the moment. There’s nothing to suggest that she has broken up with Jackie Abbott, but at the same time, their relationship has never been officially confirmed, either.

McKinnon actually talked about the desire for privacy during a 2018 interview with GQ. She told the outlet that she felt outcast for oversharing details about her life as a child, and the older she’s gotten, the more she’s felt comfortable keeping information to herself:

I decided in my mid-20s that I didn’t feel comfortable sharing personal details like I had in the previous few years. And I just have run with that ever since.

Kate McKinnon may be playing her cards close to the chest when it comes to her love life, but she has been unabashed about her desire to return to the series that made us fall in love with her in the first place: Saturday Night Live.

The comedian recently appeared on Today, and she confirmed that she would want to appear on SNL to help celebrate its 50th season. “Yeah I’ll come back,” she asserted. “I would love to come back.” Hopefully she gets her wish.

The Barbie film has, well, a whole lot of Barbie. Featuring Margot Robbie as the lead Barbie, we see different iterations of the character, just as there have been with the dolls since their first inception. But there is one unique Barbie that is… How can we put this delicately? Not like the others.

Let’s look at who is playing Weird Barbie in Greta Gerwig‘s super successful film.

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There are many Barbies in Barbie Land and the film has a whole host of wonderful actresses playing them. We have Robbie in the lead role, looking just like the classic version of the doll with her flowing, glossy blonde hair and blue eyes.

Then, there is also Hari Nef as Doctor Barbie, Issa Rae as President Barbie, Emma Mackey as Nobel Prize Scientist Barbie, Ana Cruz Kayne as Supreme Court Justice Barbie; the list goes on and on.

But then there is Weird Barbie, or Destroyed Barbie as some have dubbed her. This Barbie does not have long glossy locks or perfectly applied make-up, this Barbie has seen some things.

She is played by the SNL alumni, queen of comedy, Kate McKinnon, who we believe is the perfect casting choice. McKinnon sports many of the features of classic Barbie; blonde hair, blue eyes, and great cheekbones, but, much like the actress herself, normal isn’t a part of this Barbie’s vocabulary.

This Barbie lives rather separately from the others, in her own abstract-looking house. Robbie’s Barbie pays her a visit when her perfect life starts to somewhat untangle in order to get answers, and upon meeting this estranged Barbie she is greeted by a spiky short-haired character with drawings on her face and a less-than-flattering dress.

This Weird Barbie is, as McKinnon put it in an interview with Kelly Clarkson, “the one Barbie you designate as ‘her’ where you cut their hair and burn their clothes and draw on them. That’s the one I play.”

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Gerwig spoke about her inspiration for this version of the character, which came from many places. The director told Rolling Stone:

“ that book The Giver, by Lois Lowry, where the giver has all the colors and the feelings and stuff? That’s sort of what I thought about Kate’s character. She would be like the giver in a way like she had the knowledge that everyone else didn’t have.”

Beyond that though, the character is also one that Gerwig felt a personal connection to from her own childhood.

“We grew up in a neighborhood where there were a lot of girls older than me. So I had a lot of hand-me-down Barbies that had already gotten a haircut by the time I got them. It was like, “Well, we have to do that.”

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McKinnon is a phenomenal comedic actress, which is why Gerwig was drawn to her for this role. The two have actually known each other for quite some time, having been in an improv group together back at Columbia University.

Of working together once more, Gerwig said, “It was like, we’d gotten into a time machine when we were 18 and came out at 39. The reality is, we’re still the 18-year-old kids who are making musicals.”

McKinnon also spoke highly of her time playing the character, telling People:

“I loved that crazy hair. I think my face makes more sense if there’s marker on it. It’s very comfortable to wear a big bell-shaped baby doll. And if anyone gets the chance, I would recommend that they do that.”

McKinnon has proven her genius over and over again during her time on SNL. She started on the show in 2012 and earned high praise for her character work embodying the likes of Hillary Clinton, Kellyanne Conway, Elizabeth Warren, and Jeff Sessions, as well as pop culture figures like Justin Bieber and Ellen DeGeneres.

She has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding ing Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on the show numerous times, winning twice, back to back, in 2016 and 2017, becoming the first SNL actor to win the award since Dana Carvey won in 1993.

McKinnon left SNL in 2022, but has worked on numerous film projects throughout her time on the show including Ghostbusters, Rough Night, Office Christmas Party, and Yesterday. This also isn’t the first time she has acted in a film with Robbie, having starred in the 2019 film Bombshell. Alongside Barbie she will also voice a character in the fourth installment of the Kung Fu Panda franchise playing The Chameleon.

You can catch McKinnon as Weird Barbie, permanently doing the splits, in Barbie which is available to stream on Max.

With the much-anticipated Greta Gerwig blockbuster Barbie set to be released in the U.S. tomorrow, the buzz around the film is reaching a fever pitch. As is pretty easy to tell from all the promotional materials, Aussie star Margot Robbie is playing the main, titular character, and the role of her long-term, long-suffering boyfriend Ken is being taken on by Ryan Gosling. However, a look at the cast reveals that Robbie and Gosling aren’t the only Barbie and Ken who’ll be appearing in the film: all in all there are 11 Barbies that are directly referred to and seven Kens. Here’s a look at all the actors who are appearing as Barbie or Ken in Barbie.

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Much of the action in the film takes place in Barbie Land, which is populated by various different Barbies. After years of critics claiming the doll promoted unrealistic beauty standards, snipped the wings of young girls who aspired to be more than an ornament, and unfairly diminished the role of non-blonde, non-slim women in public life, Mattel began pumping out different kinds of Barbie to appeal to various cultural trends. According to the toy manufacturer, there are now 176 different kinds of Barbie, falling under nine body types and over 30 skin tones. Accessories now include things like hijabs, and there are even dolls marketed as having prosthetic limbs, or being non-binary. While Ken doesn’t have quite the same range of diversity, there’s still a lot of him to choose from: four different body types, nine eye colors, 22 hair styles, and 13 skin tones.

Part of the plot of the film depends on there being this diversity of Barbies and Kens, which is why so many have been cast. Gerwig has also been fastidious in of making sure each doll and product mentioned in her film was once sold by Mattel under the Barbie brand, which is impressive but also aided by the vast amount of Barbie-branded stock to choose from.

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The film’s star and producer plays “stereotypical” Barbie – whose story is the one we mostly follow. The australian is a huge name and one of the few people who could conceivably take on this iconic figure, and was reportedly incredibly invested in getting this film off the ground.

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The former YouTube comedian-turned-genuine superstar is known for her brilliant comedic acting and advocacy, so it makes sense that she plays the politically-minded President Barbie in the film. Rae also gets the honor of dropping the one f-bomb that the movie is allowed, and it’s truly a laugh-out-loud moment.

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After a decade spent on the SNL stage, it’s no surprise to see Kate McKinnon bring her comedic chops to the role of Weird Barbie, which according to the film’s lore is what the dolls transform into when they’re played with “too hard.” Acting as a kind of spiritual guide to Robbie’s eponymous character, Weird Barbie is a massive part in this film, and McKinnon plays the role fantastically.

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The multi-talented Alexandra Shipp takes on yet another skill to add to her resume, becoming the highly successful Writer Barbie in Gerwig’s film. She’s also one of stereotypical Barbie’s closest neighbors, and has a pretty large amount of screen time.

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Transparent and You star Hari Nef takes on the part of Dr. Barbie, an educated and highly skilled doll whose talents are often wasted as in Barbie Land every injury heals within a few moments of it happening. Nonetheless, she has some great lines and is a welcome addition to the crew of dolls.

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This is without a doubt the Glaswegian-born actress’ biggest part, and Rooney does an excellent job as Lawyer Barbie. She’s one of the lifelike dolls who has the most interactions with Robbie, and does a great job of keeping comedy injected into the movie.

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Ana Cruz Kayne worked with Gerwig on Little Women, and the pair have rekindled their relationship for the director’s latest film. In it, Kayne takes on the role of Judge Barbie, one of the all-Barbie Supreme Court, who a lot of viewers would wish we’d had a few months ago when the real group of mostly-corrupt judges overturned Roe v Wade and sent the U.S. back into a hellscape for countless women.

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With all the “Barbenheimer” discourse, Emma Mackey playing the part of Physicist Barbie is a potential missed opportunity for some crossover appeal. The Sex Education star has a chunky role in Barbie, appearing on-screen plenty of times and bringing the laughs alongside the rest of the cast.

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Hilarious Irish actress Nicola Coughlan rose to prominence as one of the stars of the laugh-out-loud Derry Girls, and since then her star has been consistently rising. The Galway-born performer gives a great performance as Diplomat Barbie, and as always is an engaging screen presence.

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Pop star Dua Lipa makes her feature film debut as Mermaid Barbies, with her likeness used for the trio of underwater dolls who wave hello at her fellow plastic princesses. The singer-songwriter is set to appear in another film next year.

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English actress Rita Aryu first rose to prominence for a role in the British soap Doctors, but gained international acclaim after starring as Lila in the hit Netflix series The Umbrella Academy. She takes on the part of Journalist Barbie, and is a welcome addition to the group of dolls in the idyllic Barbie Land.

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Early screeners have confirmed that Gosling really does bring the Kenergy, taking on the role of Barbie’s sidepiece with panache and heart. There’s no doubt the actor really committed to the part, and it would be surprising if he didn’t pick up a slew of nominations for his performance.

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The major sidekick and ally of Gosling’s Ken, Kingsley Ben-Adir is hilarious and charming as the helpful — albeit a bit useless — Ken #1. With a bunch of impressive credits to his name, Barbie is another on the list of watchable hits that Ben-Adir has signed on to.

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Simu Liu is used to big-budget blockbusters thanks to his starring role in the MCU, and he takes on the role of Ken #2 excellently here, managing to be a great antagonist to Gosling’s Ken while also maintaining the lightness and slight idiocy that makes Ken Ken.

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Hunky Scott Evans is more known for his roles on the smaller screen, but the Grace and Frankie star shows he’s got the same big-screen presence as his brother Chris with his few scenes in Barbie.

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The Sex Education star has had a stellar year, not only appearing in this blockbuster but also being chosen as the next Doctor Who. Although he doesn’t have much to say in this role, he shows off some excellent physical acting during the dance and battle scenes.

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Former wrestler and subject of one of the funniest prank calls on YouTube, John Cena’s transition into acting has been seamless, and although he’s only in a few scenes in Barbie, he steals all of them.

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Welsh comedian and show stalwart Rob Brydon is one of those famous faces non-Brits would recognize from numerous films and shows but not be able to name. However, in his native land we’ve known about his talent for decades, and his small but hilarious part in Barbie reinforces how great he is.

When it comes to Superman: Legacy, the much-anticipated opening chapter of the rebooted DCU, all fans can think about is who will be cast as our new Big Blue Boy Scout. Whoever has to slip into the bright red boots previously worn by Henry Cavill has a tough job on their hands, but writer (and probably director) James Gunn is likely to go in a completely different direction, as intel suggests the latest Last Son of Krypton will be around 25.

However, a Superman movie is much more than just the hero with his name in the title. Sure, Christopher Reeve might be the star of the 1978 classic, but the contributions of Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando, and others helped make it the iconic piece of cinema it is today. In that vein, here are 10 actors Gunn needs to cast in Superman: Legacy who might even manage to steal the show away from the mysterious Man of Steel himself.

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Maggie Sawyer isn’t one of the most recognizable ing characters from the Superman mythos, but that’s why Gunn needs to fix that in Legacy. The Metropolis PD detective — one of the few openly lesbian characters in comics when first introduced in the late 1980s — could be depicted as Clark Kent’s own answer to Batman’s Commissioner Gordon. To add some charisma to the role, we’d need Gunn to hire someone who makes the most of any part they play — like the one and only Kate McKinnon.

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Outside of the couple’s angst-ridden adolescent romance on Smallville, Lana Lang’s status as Clark’s first love is something that most Superman adaptations tend to skip over. Legacy could bolster her role, however, by either revealing Clark’s relationship with Lana during his teen years via flashbacks or else see her return to his life in the present, throwing a spanner in the works of his blossoming connection with Lois. In either case, Stranger Things‘ Sadie Sink would be a brilliant casting choice.

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Martha Kent is one of the most underrated characters in any Superman story as Clark’s adoptive human mother arguably serves as the moral com of her alien son, pointing him in the right direction, much like Spider-Man’s Aunt May. We’re used to seeing her play a more caustic character in TV’s Abbot Elementary, but Sheryl Lee Ralph could be a tremendous pick to be the latest actress to portray Jonathan Kent’s widow in Superman: Legacy.

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Poor Jimmy Olsen, apparently so detested by Zack Snyder that he was killed off in his one and only scene in Batman v Superman. Gunn has the opportunity to go back to basics with The Daily Planet’s intern photographer, then, offering up a keen but wet-behind-the-ears ally for Clark and Lois. Considering that those two will only be in their mid-20s in this flick, Jimmy would have to be even younger, though, making Wonder‘s Noah Jupe (currently 17) the perfect age for the part.

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Given James Gunn and Nathan Fillion’s close working relationship, we fully expected the latter’s Suicide Squad character T.D.K. to return for Peacemaker, but that never happened. While he could still pop up in Waller, it might be more fun to cast him in a fresh role in the new DCU. So how about Perry White, The Daily Planet Editor-In-Chief? To be honest, Perry often comes across as a Diet version of J. Jonah Jameson, but Fillion could bring a great comedic energy to the character.

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Dave Bautista definitely won’t be the DCU’s Bane, but Gunn’s promise that all of the Guardians of the Galaxy will be invited aboard his shiny, new franchise eventually tells us he’ll show up somewhere. And this might be the best role for him. Every other Superman movie has shied away from the long-standing comics character of Bibbo Bibbowski, a tough-guy barman and bruiser who’s nonetheless the Man of Steel’s biggest fan, but Gunn is exactly the sort to finally give him a shot in live-action.

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Now wouldn’t this just blow everyone’s minds? Michael Rosenbaum is another of Gunn’s closest collaborators, so it’s a given he’ll show up in the DCU somewhere. But it would be really something if he was brought back as Lex Luthor, following his still definitive portrayal of the villain on Smallville. His Lex wouldn’t have to be — and probably shouldn’t be – the main villain, but this multiversal crossover would be the coolest of its kind since (fellow) Michael Keaton’s Batman return in The Flash.

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When it comes to who should be the central antagonist of Legacy, though, there’s one extremely obvious contender: Brainiac, the most notable Superman villain yet to have a movie appearance to his name. As for who should finally bring the knowledge-hoarding android to life, Jude Law would be a smart choice. Not only would he nail the robot’s cool and sinister demeanor, he has a secret history with Superman himself, as he came close to landing the part of the Man of Steel in the early 2000s.

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In the words of James Gunn himself, Henry Cavill was severely “d*cked” around by DC, which is a true crime given how much Cavill loves Superman. So maybe Gunn can extend an olive branch to both the star and his loyal fans by offering Cavill a small but key role in Legacy, that of Kal-El’s biological father, Jor-El? Having Cavill take on the part that Russell Crowe played opposite him a decade ago could be a moving way to close the door on his DC career by bringing it full circle.

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Naturally, though, the most important ing role outside of Superman in a Superman movie is that of Lois Lane, the First Lady of the DC Universe herself. There are various directions Gunn could go with the character, but a surprisingly convincing Reddit thread has argued that Riverdale‘s Camila Mendes would be a spot-on pick for The Daily Planet’s greatest reporter, and honestly it’s hard to disagree. She has the perfect energy, is the perfect age, and she’s already got married to TV Supes Tyler Hoechlin in a movie.

Superman: Legacy is scheduled to release on July 11, 2025.

Everyone’s favorite middling 90s slapstick comedian Rob Schneider is copping considerable heat online after a strange rant about how comedy is indoctrinating people by making fun of political views he holds.

In conversation with Glenn Beck, Schneider bemoaned a particular performance from Kate McKinnon in 2016 on Saturday Night Live after Donald Trump’s controversial election victory over Hillary Clinton. Schneider deemed that it was “indoctrination by comedic imposition”.

Understandably, such a ridiculous statement has led him to be dragged online, and frankly, you may just love to see it. Straight off the bat is a humorous comparison calling Schneider as important to the sphere of comedy as a parking attendant.

Others went personal, saying Schneider only had the career he ended up having thanks to a lucrative friendship with much more talented comedian Adam Sandler.

Schneider has one ally in his fight against people making fun of his political beliefs: Gina Carano, who has never, ever also said truly stupid things about politics. Two peas in a pod.

But resuming normal service, there are more people dragging Schneider and proving that Carano is, again, alone in her convictions.

Other popular tweets around the controversy are poking fun at Schneider’s statement of “I don’t care about my career anymore” as if it’s meant to mean something deeper, and not also a statement of how irrelevant he has become within just a decade.

Seriously, name a single Schneider film from the 2010s that isn’t Grown Ups.

The good news for Schneider is that, with how fast news and trends change, nobody will his strange beliefs by the end of the next business day.

Renowned actress and comedian Kate McKinnon, along with other SNL mainstays Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney, exited Saturday Night Live after the 2021-2022 season. Both Byrant and McKinnon ed the show in 2012 and were left brokenhearted after announcing their leave.

Speaking to NBC News, Byrant said, “If it weren’t for Covid, I probably would have left a few years earlier.” She went on to clarify:

“But it was such a huge change. When Covid hit, it was so jarring that we were all like, ‘I’m definitely going to come back next year.’ And then I had to shoot ‘Shrill’ for half of last season, and so I missed a lot. And then it was like, ‘Well, now I should go back one more.’ I kept trying to seek one last normal year. This year wasn’t the normal year that I hoped for, but it was closer to that. It was like, ‘OK, it’s really time now.’ And 10 felt like a nice, solid round number.”

After Byrant explained her reasoning for leaving, McKinnon agreed to an interview on the talk show Live with Kelly and Ryan to touch on the subject with a brief yet poignant statement. When asked by Kelly Ripa if it was hard to leave SNL, McKinnon replied:

“I mean, I thought about it for a very long time and it was very, very hard because, I mean, all I ever wanted to do in my whole life was be on Saturday Night Live, and so I did, I loved it, I had the best decade, and then I was just like, my body was tired and I felt like it was time.”

Ryan Seacrest followed on to ask what McKinnon does with her Saturday nights after exiting the live comedy sketch show. She said:

“I don’t know what I will do. I don’t know that I can watch the show yet because it’s just too emo, because I miss everyone so much. I mean, it’s my family for sure. I mean, I love my family ⏤ hello, my family ⏤ but, you know, it’s my other family and it’s too emo, so I think I’m just gonna, like, tape The Bachelorette and watch it on Saturday.”

Additionally, McKinnon revealed that she watched the previous season of The Bachelor (Clayton’s season) and feels like she knows both Gabby and Rachel despite not knowing them personally.

“I don’t know them, I feel that I know them. I went through their journey with them. Don’t get me started on their previous journey. They’re both incredible women and I wish them the best and I can’t wait to watch on Saturdays at 11:30 p.m.”

As far as her filmography and the continuation of her cinematic career, the 38-year-old American recently completed voiceover work for DC Comics’ latest animated endeavor: DC League of Super-Pets. McKinnon also stars in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie alongside Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Emma Mackey, and Will Ferrell. Moreover, she has been confirmed to appear as the main character Grunhilda in a live-action adaptation of The Lunch Witch by Deb Lucke.

Esteemed Saturday Night Live star and comedian Kate McKinnon landed her latest movie role as the demented hairless guinea pig (yes, you read that correctly) Lulu in DC League of Super-Pets alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kevin Hart, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Diego Luna and John Krasinski.

The film, co-directed by Jared Stern and Sam Levine, follows Krypto the Super-Dog, (Super)man’s best friend and loyal companion, who shares the superpowers of his owner. When the Man of Steel is kidnapped by Lex Luthor, Krypto must team up with other superpowered pets — including Batman’s four-legged friend Ace the Bat-Hound — to save his human before it’s too late.

The 38-year-old revealed in an interview on the talk show Live with Kelly and Ryan that the voice she used for her character Lulu was actually inspired by the 1964 psychological thriller film Lady in a Cage, directed by Walter Grauman. During an power cut, wealthy widow Cornelia Hilyard (Olivia de Havilland) becomes trapped between floors in a cage-like elevator, and the only response to her distress call comes in the form of an unsympathetic, alcoholic pick-pocketer who steals valuable items from her home.

In Lady in a Cage, there are many instances (naturally) where Havilland (as Cornelia) screams for someone to find and rescue her. In her interview, McKinnon imitates these cries — much to the amusement of the audience — and reveals that Cornelia’s character was a huge inspiration for her animated persona in DC League of Super-Pets.

“Ah, yes. In fact, I did. Since you asked, there was this move from the ’60s called Lady in a Cage with Olivia de Havilland where [Olivia] is like, trapped in a cage, and she’s like “I am trapped in a small private elevator.” That’s the big line from the trailer and she’s trapped in an elevator in her house and all this stuff is going on. And I thought, ‘well, an evil guinea pig would probably sound like that’.”

If knowing that McKinnon’s guinea pig was inspired by a lady trapped in an elevator (cage) isn’t enough to pique your curiosity, nothing ever will be. Check out DC League of Super-Pets when it arrives in theaters on July 29.

Comedian and Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon has opened up about her deep and bizarre fascination with the Australian white ibis, often referred to as a ‘bin chicken’.

In a recent episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, McKinnon spoke to Fallon about her trip to Australia to film Joe vs Carole. 

The two talked about the animals that you may encounter in the country, with Fallon commenting, “There are a lot of scary animals”.

However, McKinnon responded that there are a lot of what she described as ‘anodyne and beautiful little animals who don’t kill you’ – including the bin chicken.

The actress describes the ibis as “the most beautiful bird” she had ever seen in her life.

“This gigantic thing with beautiful white plumage and a long, elegant beak and like, flapping and just walking on the sidewalk,” says McKinnon as she describes the bird.

“And I was like ‘What is this majestic heron just loose I in the street that I’ve encountered?'”

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McKinnon then explained that she learned that these birds are often referred to by locals as ‘bin chickens’ and are regarded in a similar way to pigeons.

The actress was also shocked to learn that the country has eight songs on why they hate them. While Australians may hate the bird, the ibis won Guardian Australia’s ‘Bird of the Year‘ back in 2017.

Joe vs Carole is an drama series based on the second season of the podcast Over My Dead Body by Wondery, which in turn was based on the Tiger King himself, Joe Exotic. Joe vs Carole will come to Peacock on March 3.

Peacock released the full trailer for Joe vs. Carole on Thursday, the scripted adaptation of the 2020 podcast Joe Exotic: Tiger King.

John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and Saturday Night Live cast member Kate McKinnon star as Joseph Maldonado-age, better known as Joe Exotic, and big cat conservationist Carole Baskin, respectively, whose acrimonious, years-long feud resulted in a murder for hire plot that landed Exotic with a 20-plus year prison sentence. The limited series will purportedly allow viewers to finally “discover the untold origin of America’s wildest feud.”

Joe vs. Carole will specifically explore the criminal case of Exotic, who threatened Baskin repeatedly before eventually being arrested and convicted of plotting her murder. The series also stars Kyle MacLachlan as Howard Baskin, Dean Winters as Jeff Lowe, Brian Van Holt as John Reinke, and Nat Wolff as Exotic’s ill-fated, late second husband, Travis Maldonado.

The saga of Exotic and Baskin was likewise featured in the Netflix breakout smash hit docies Tiger King, which can partly attribute its success to premiering just a week into the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020. Netflix later released a second season, Tiger King 2, on Nov. 17, 2021, and a third season, Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story, on Dec. 10, 2021.

However, as the new series promises, the sensational docies that had gripped America apparently only told half of the story.

Joe vs. Carole will premiere March 3, 2022, on NBC’s Peacock streaming service.

If the saying goes “imitation is the best form of flattery,” then it was clearly lost on Laura Ingraham, who tore into Kate McKinnon Monday night. Ingraham called attention to McKinnon’s impersonation featured in the cold open on last weekend’s Saturday Night Live by attempting an impersonation of McKinnon impersonating her.

In the SNL sketch from this past weekend (which we concede was hardly flattery), McKinnon spoofed Ingraham’s trademark bombastic delivery while exaggerating the failures of the Biden istration — claiming, among other things, that gas now costs $19 per gallon and “the Green M&M’s been canceled just for being a whore.”

Perhaps another saying Ingraham could acquaint herself with is “don’t feed the trolls,” because, on Monday night’s The Ingraham Angle, the 58-year-old tried to go full McKinnon, and it didn’t go well. At best, she appeared deranged, and at worst, she appeared to be having a stroke.

“Ingraham does an impression of Kate McKinnon doing an impression of her,” tweeted Acyn, along with the short clip which promptly went viral like wildfire.

“The reason I like Kate McKinnon and I have so much respect for her as a talent, she’s so even-handed in her political commentary,” said Ingraham, while smiling vapidly and bobbing her head around. “But seriously, think of all the low-hanging fruit provided by Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi, little Petey B [referring to White House press secretary Jen Psaki] on a daily basis. I mean, I think this is kinda comedy gold, don’t you" allowfullscreen> ]]>

The first teaser has dropped for Joe vs. Carole, a Peacock show dramatizing the real-life rivalry between big cat lovers Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin, as featured in the Netflix docies Tiger King.

We’ll it, the show looks fairly promising, especially with Kate McKinnon’s absolutely dead-ringer embodiment of Baskin, from what we can tell so far. John Cameron Mitchell isn’t quite the clone of Joe Exotic — looks-wise — as the McKinnon casting is, but the actor certainly looks to be embodying the spirit and accent of the real-life convicted attempted murder fairly well, too.

And Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan is always a welcome appearance in a story as macabre, twisted, and strange as this one.

MacLachlan plays Carole’s current husband, Howard Baskin, who has ed his wife in her campaign against animal cruelty, specifically targeting Exotic.

The trailer did not show who — if anyone — would portray Carole’s first husband, Don Lewis. Though Exotic has long alleged that Carole perhaps murdered her husband, a revelation in season two of Tiger King raises questions about his disappearance. Specifically, a note from Homeland Security in the show seemed to indicate the government agency found Lewis “alive and well” in Costa Rica years after his 1997 disappearance.

The series also stars Brian Van Holt, Sam Keeley, Nat Wolf, Marlo Kelly, William Fichtner, Dean Winters, David Wenham, according to Deadline.

The series comes from showrunner Etan Frankel, who is the executive producer and writer of the limited series. It is based on the 2020 Wondery podcast, Joe Exotic: Tiger King hosted and reported by Robert Moor.

Joe vs. Carole comes to Peacock March 3.