Kim Kardashian Admits She’d ‘Never Seen an Episode’ of ‘SNL’ Before She Hosted
thewrap.com“Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast, hosted by Amanda Hirsch, Kardashian went into detail about how her hosting gig came together.
According to the reality star and businesswoman, the idea had been floated a few years ago, and she passed. But, when “SNL” boss Lorne Michaels came out to meet Kardashian and her mother, he was charming enough to convince her.Once she committed to hosting, Kardashian started studying up.“I didn’t want to go and embarrass myself and get up there and not be funny,” she said. “But I had never seen an episode, really, of ‘SNL.’ I had gone and watched parts obviously, because you know, Kanye performed so many times.
So I’d been there in the audience, and then I’d seen a full show in person once. But as far as watching the show, I didn’t really know what the monologue entailed.”That said, Kardashian didn’t go too deep into the “SNL” back catalogue.
The reality start noted that she only watched one episode, got an idea of how the monologues go, “and was like, ‘OK, I got this.'”It helped that she had some heavy hitters backing her up too.
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