Kenan Thompson isn’t calling it a day at Saturday Night time Stay simply but—removed from it. The truth is, the comedy veteran is considering long-term… like perpetually lengthy.
“It will be cool if I by no means left the present. That’d be loopy,” he instructed Leisure Weekly with the identical chill enthusiasm that’s stored him thriving on Studio 8H for 22 straight seasons.
Sure, you learn that proper—22 seasons.
Thompson, now 46, first joined the legendary NBC sketch collection in 2003, and since then, he is racked up 5 Emmy nominations and even took residence a win in 2018 for co-writing the now-iconic sketch Come Again, Barack.
Initially, Kenan’s objective was to hit 20 seasons.
Mission achieved—after which some. “I assume the one different milestone could be simply to be the perpetually forged member. Simply by no means depart the present,” he mused.
“I do not actually know. Thirty [seasons] is like, okay, that is simply one other quantity sort of factor. Twenty was simply such a factor that no person had ever achieved.”
He added, “Individuals had gotten into their teenagers earlier than, however no person had gotten all the way in which as much as 20. After which I used to be near doing it. As soon as I began entering into 17, I used to be like, effectively, if I can, I’d love to stay round until 20. And now right here we’re at 22, so I do not know.”
As for who’ll stick round longer—Kenan or the present’s legendary creator, Lorne Michaels—Thompson isn’t making any bets.
“That is a fantastic query. I don’t know. I really feel like we’ll each simply experience till the wheels fall off.”
And actually, are you able to blame him for wanting to carry on tight?
As he instructed PEOPLE earlier this 12 months, engaged on SNL is “arms down” one of the best job in TV.
“It is loopy as a result of most individuals do eight [seasons] max, you recognize what I imply? Or 12. But it surely’s a one-of-a-kind place,” he stated.
“It is the individuals in entrance and behind that embrace it, want it. So after they name me, what, am I not speculated to oblige the best job on this planet? So it is simply out of affection. What a blessing it’s to have regular employment.”
