"When he came back to the show last year [to host], we saw, 'Oh right, he’s really talented, and he would’ve been really good for us.'"

Asked if he’s more concerned about being politically correct now than when the show started in 1975, Michaels reflected on The Shane Gillis Incident as an example. “We had a bad time when I added Shane Gillis to the cast [in 2019].

But Meyers had a different recollection. “Guys, this is very nice, but Lorne has won 21 Emmys and ‘SNL’ has won over 200,” the 50-year-old said. “That’s too much,” Wiig quipped.