Seth Meyers Shuts Down Rumors About Taking Over SNL From Lorne Michaels
On the latest episode of Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out podcast, the comedian opened by asking his guest, Late Night With Seth Meyers host Seth Meyers, about the rumors that longtime Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels would be leaving after the show’s 50th anniversary show.
“Are you gonna take over for Lorne, or is it Tina [Fey] and then you?’” Birbiglia asked Meyers.
“I really don’t—I think this is a false narrative that Lorne is going anywhere,” Meyers replied. “I think it made sense for Lorne who’s, yeah, got a flare for the dramatic to say, I think I’ll be done at 50. Yeah. But now, it’s not like Lorne’s got something else he wants to do more than this.”