Why Tina Fey Lies to Her Kids About Old 'SNL' Sketches
Don’t expect Tina Fey to be forthright about her time on Saturday Night Live. Fey admitted during an interview with fellow SNL alum Will Forte on The Kelly Clarkson Show that she'll often lie to her children about sketches she had written.
After Forte shared one of his favorite pitches that didn’t make it to air, Fey reflected on all of her sketches that got national exposure. “I have the opposite thing, which is I have so many ones that aired that I wish had not,” she admitted.
When Clarkson pressed Fey for more details, the Baby Mama star revealed that she often disavows sketches she wrote when her children don’t approve of them. Fey shares two daughters, 19 and 13, with husband Jeff Richmond.
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"On Peacock, they show old, random-ordered sketches from SNL on the SNL channel," Fey explained. "Sometimes ones have come up that my kids are like, 'What is this?' And I fully wrote it, and I'm like, 'I don't know. That's so stupid, right?'”
Fey has made no secret of the contributions her daughters make to her on-screen work. At the 2024 premiere of the Mean Girls musical, Fey revealed how they helped her update the classic comedy. "Sometimes I would run things by the kids," she said. "Like casting, or you know, like, 'Should the burn book stay a book, or should it be a private Instagram account?' And they're like, 'No, it's a book, it's a book.'"
You can check out Fey and Forte’s full appearance below.