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'Saturday Night Live' Paid Audience Members $150 To Attend The Season Opener Over The Weekend

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A new report has come just days after the season premiere of Saturday Night Live and claims that the audience members who were there were actually paid.

The NY Times reports that the socially distanced audience didn’t get tickets to be there, rather they were considered part of the cast for the season opener, which welcomed Chris Rock and Megan Thee Stallion as host and musical guest.

The reason for this has to do with the state guidelines for reopening amid the pandemic. The guidelines actually prohibit live audiences at TV tapings, unless, however, they’re paid as members of the cast.

A state health department official confirmed to the Times that SNL had followed the guidelines by “casting” the audience, and paying them as they would

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