History HostilityOnTheSet / SaturdayNightLive

** Creator/NormMacDonald and Creator/DavidSpade named Creator/StevenSeagal as the worst guest host they ever experienced. He refused to go along with the scripted sketches and at one point, he locked himself in his dressing room and wouldn't come out to show his protest of the show rejecting ''his'' ideas for what he should star in. What were these sketches? He expressed a desire to appear in Hans and Franz only on the condition that he'd get to beat them up and another where he was a psychologist and Victoria Jackson was to be his patient, a ''rape'' victim. Needless to say, these ideas nor his behavior didn't go well with anyone and as a result, he has reportedly actually been banned from SNL for life and has since been named the worst host in the history of the show by many fans and even Lorne Michaels.

-->So I got all your messages, but I didn't call you back because I didn't want to talk to you. I don't want to be your friend anymore. I'm going to be professional and still work with you on the show, but that's it.

-->I had my finger on the pulse of urban comedy, but when I brought my act to ''SNL'', those motherfuckers just felt bad for me. All I have to say about that is, where's Chris Kattan now? Where's Cheri Oteri now? That bitch can't even get arrested.

*** Upon learning of the book, Heckerling called Kattan a "nut" and blasted his "idiot book", with one ''SNL'' representative declaring "It did NOT happen".

** PlayedWith for Creator/CharlesGrodin whose episode carried the premise of Grodin skipping rehearsals and having to ad-lib throughout the night. The performance was so convincing that many still believe Grodin was genuinely banned from the show to this day.

** PlayedWith for Creator/CharlesGrodin whose episode carried the premise of Grodin skipping rehearsals and having to ad-lib through his performance. The performance was so convincing that many still believe Grodin was genuinely banned from the show to this day.

** Played with for Creator/CharlesGrodin whos episode carried the premise of Grodin skipping rehearsals and having to ad-lib through his performance. The performance was so convincing that many still believe Grodin was genuinely banned from the show to this day.

** Creator/CharlesGrodin didn't make any friends onset due to skipping rehearsals and ad-libbing through his performance. Belushi said of Grodin, "He doesn't smoke dope. He's not one of us".

* Creator/DavidSpade mentioned a supposed rivalry between him and Creator/RobSchneider:
-->We sort of had a little friction. We got hired together; we were best buddies. But some things happened. I think he didn't put my name on a sketch the first time [and] he didn't tell me about a writers' meeting. So I thought he was trying to get me fired, which was very easy at that point.
* Season 20 [[note]] 1994-95 [[/note]] was [[SeasonalRot such a mess]] that [[http://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/47548/ a cover article]] in ''New York'' magazine from that time about the show's DorkAge was heavily devoted to the behind-the-scenes clashes that were going on. Creator/JaneaneGarofalo's tenure on the show during this season started with great enthusiasm on her part, but only lasted six months before she [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere quit in disgust]] after feuding with several cast members and writers (including Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/AlFranken, and Fred Wolf). She described the experience as the most miserable thing she'd ever been through, and the sexist atmosphere backstage as comparable to a [[InitiationCeremony fraternity hazing]], remarking that, every time she arrived on set, she'd wonder "okay, who's mad at me today?". Creator/ChrisElliott later claimed to have blocked out much of his time on the show and expressed envy for Garofalo's having the guts to leave mid-season. Laura Kightlinger also had little nice to say about the experience in the writers' room, describing many of them as [[{{Manchild}} immature man-children]] who were obsessed with crude humor and would bitterly argue with each other, comparing it unfavorably to her experience writing for ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' (itself not an easygoing job).

* During his tenure, Creator/JimmyFallon was at one point more famous for breaking character and laughing during sketches than he was for any impression or character he played. Staying in character is one of the cardinal rules of sketch comedy. Breaking character in small doses can be amusing and charming (think Creator/PhilHartman), but done constantly it's seen as unprofessional, taking all the attention off everyone else and putting it squarely on you. Not only did this not endear him to several of cast mates, but Creator/TracyMorgan was so furious about it he threatened Fallon with physical violence if Fallon did it once during one of Morgan's skits. To his credit, Fallon didn't crack during a Morgan sketch, and years later when he found out what a problem it was, he actually said during his host monologue, "I laughed during a lot of sketches and nearly ruined ALL of them".

* Speaking of Creator/ChrisKattan, he was not that well liked by Creator/NormMacdonald, Creator/WillFerrell or Creator/TracyMorgan, ''woo boy howdy''...

* Season 15 [[note]] 1989-90 [[/note]] was plagued with dramatic behind-the-scenes ego battles, and tensions eventually forced out Nora Dunn (whom, according to Creator/JonLovitz, no one liked working with by that point anyway; her refusal to appear on the season's penultimate show because Creator/AndrewDiceClay was the host was seen as a way of garnering public sympathy by making it appear she was forced off the show for protesting as she knew she wasn't going to be asked to return for the next season). Victoria Jackson has been critical of both Creator/JanHooks and especially Dunn, who was romantically involved with Lorne Michaels at the time.

** Upon learning of the book, Heckerling called Kattan a 'nut' and blasted his 'idiot book', with one ''SNL'' representative declaring "It did NOT happen.".

* Morgan revealed in his memoir that while he considered Ferrell, Creator/ColinQuinn and Creator/MollyShannon his friends, he disliked Kattan and Creator/CheriOteri, saying "Fuck 'em". It was later revealed in his audiobook that he was disrespected by both Kattan and Oteri due to their rudeness towards him.
-->I had my finger on the pulse of urban comedy, but when I brought my act to ''SNL'', those motherfuckers just felt bad for me. All I have to say about that is, where's Chris Kattan now? Where's Cheri Oteri now? That bitch can't even get arrested.

** Kattan wrote in his memoir that Michaels was so desperate to sign Amy Heckerling to direct ''Film/ANightAtTheRoxbury'' that he urged Kattan to pursue her romantic advances, which he had previously rejected. He did so and had an affair with Heckerling, who ultimately produced the film. Will Ferrell didn't speak to Kattan for months afterwards, then confronted him backstage on the show and declared their friendship over. Upon learning of the book, Heckerling called Kattan a 'nut' and blasted his 'idiot book', with one SNL representative declaring "It did NOT happen.".

** Creator/NormMacDonald and Creator/DavidSpade named Creator/StevenSeagal as the worst guest host they ever experienced. He refused to go along with the scripted sketches and at one point, he locked himself in his dressing room and wouldn't come out to show his protest of the show rejecting ''his'' ideas for what he should star in. What were these sketches? He expressed a desire to appear in Hans and Franz only on the condition that he'd get to beat them up and another where he was a psychologist and Victoria Jackson was to be his patient, a ''rape'' victim. Needless to say, these ideas nor his behavior didn't go well with anyone and as a result, he has reportedly actually been banned from SNL for life.

* Season 15 [[note]] 1989-90 [[/note]] was plagued with dramatic behind-the-scenes ego battles, and tensions eventually forced out Nora Dunn (whom, according to Creator/JonLovitz, no one liked working with by that point anyway; her refusal to appear on the season finale because Creator/AndrewDiceClay was the host was seen as a way of garnering public sympathy by making it appear she was forced off the show for protesting as she knew she wasn't going to be asked to return for the next season). Victoria Jackson has been critical of both Creator/JanHooks and especially Dunn, who was romantically involved with Lorne Michaels at the time.

* Morgan revealed in his memoir that while he considered Ferrell, Creator/ColinQuinn and Creator/MollyShannon his friends, he disliked Kattan and Creator/CheriOteri, saying "Fuck 'em".

* Macdonald and Kattan had a very antagonistic relationship. In an interview promoting the new cast, Macdonald questioned Kattan's sexuality and questioned why he was hired, even confessing that he didn't find Kattan funny. In the episode where Macdonald returned, Kattan is noticably absent. Before Kattan went on air, he would reportedly pester and berate Macdonald.

* Creator/NormMacdonald and Creator/ChrisKattan had a very antagonistic relationship. In an interview promoting the new cast, Macdonald questioned Kattan's sexuality and questioned why he was hired, even confessing that he didn't find Kattan funny. In the episode where Macdonald returned, Kattan is noticably absent. Before Kattan went on air, he would reportedly pester and berate Macdonald.

* Kattan wrote in his memoir that Michaels was so desperate to sign Amy Heckerling to direct ''Film/ANightAtTheRoxbury'' that he urged Kattan to pursue her romantic advances, which he had previously rejected. He did so and had an affair with Heckerling, who ultimately produced the film. Creator/WillFerrell didn't speak to Kattan for months afterwards, then confronted him backstage on the show and declared their friendship over.
-->So I got all your messages, but I didn't call you back because I didn't want to talk to you. I don't want to be your friend anymore. I'm going to be professional and still work with you on the show, but that's it.

** Creator/TinaFey named Creator/ParisHilton as one of her least favourite guest hosts. Hilton refused to do a sketch that mentioned ''1 Night in Paris'' and would not leave her dressing room until the writers agreed to discard the script. Hilton also requested to play a fat Music/JessicaSimpson in a sketch because Hilton hated Simpson.[[note]]She made similar proposals regarding other celebrities she saw as enemies or rivals[[/note]] When Creator/MayaRudolph and Creator/FredArmisen were later guests on fellow castmember Creator/SethMeyers's ''Series/LateNight'', the three recalled that the cast also set up a betting pool on whether Hilton would ask anyone a personal question, which Meyers won when Hilton asked him if Rudolph is Italian.[[note]]She isn't, for the record - her mother was African-American and her father is Jewish. Specifically, her mother was actually singer Minnie Riperton- her most notable song "Lovin' You" was actually meant as a lullaby for baby Maya.[[/note]]

* Season 12 [[note]] 1986-87 [[/note]] was plagued with dramatic behind-the-scenes ego battles, and tensions eventually forced out Nora Dunn (whom, according to Creator/JonLovitz, no one liked working with by that point anyway; her refusal to appear on the season finale because Creator/AndrewDiceClay was the host was seen as a way of garnering public sympathy by making it appear she was forced off the show for protesting as she knew she wasn't going to be asked to return for the next season). Victoria Jackson has been critical of both Creator/JanHooks and especially Dunn, who was romantically involved with Lorne Michaels at the time.

** Creator/TinaFey named Creator/ParisHilton as one of her least favourite guest hosts. Hilton refused to do a sketch that mentioned ''1 Night in Paris'' and would not leave her dressing room until the writers agreed to discard the script. Hilton also requested to play a fat Music/JessicaSimpson in a sketch because Hilton hated Simpson.[[note]]She made similar proposals regarding other celebrities she saw as enemies or rivals[[/note]] When Creator/MayaRudolph and Creator/FredArmisen were later guests on fellow castmember Creator/SethMeyers's ''Series/LateNight'', the three recalled that the cast also set up a betting pool on whether Hilton would ask anyone a personal question, which Meyers won when Hilton asked him if Rudolph is Italian.[[note]]She isn't, for the record - her mother was African-American and her father is Jewish.[[/note]]

** Creator/TinaFey named Creator/ParisHilton as one of her least favourite guest hosts. Hilton refused to do a sketch that mentioned ''1 Night in Paris'' and would not leave her dressing room until the writers agreed to discard the script. Hilton also requested to play a fat Music/JessicaSimpson in a sketch because Hilton hated Simpson.[[note]]She made similar proposals regarding other celebrities she saw as enemies or rivals[[/note]] When Creator/MayaRudolph and Creator/FredArmisen were later guests on fellow castmember Creator/SethMeyers's ''Series/LateNight'', the three recalled that the cast also set up a betting pool on whether Hilton would ask anyone a personal question, which Meyers won when Hilton asked him if Rudolph is Italian.

** Neither of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's guest host stints (2004 and 2015) were great experiences for the cast and crew. The main issue both times was Trump not having much in the way of a sense of humor and not really giving the writers any help in coming up with material for him, with Creator/SethMeyers recalling that when he participated in one of Trump's sketches in the 2004 appearance, Trump constantly made it known to the cast he did not see what was funny about the sketch. 2015 had the added element of political controversy, as it was done after Trump announced his 2016 presidential campaign, with anti-Trump protests in front of 30 Rock all week contributing to the tension. In particular, the sense was that Trump and SNL were just using each other for exposure and neither camp really wanted to be there. The only sketch he showed any enthusiasm for was the Creator/VanessaBayer[=/=]Creator/CecilyStrong "Porn Stars" bit.[[note]]And even then, according to Bayer, Trump was initially concerned about doing a sketch centered about porn stars given his political aspirations, but she easied him out of it.[[/note]] Since then, Creator/TaranKillam and Creator/ColinJost have spoken candidly about how much they hated the episode, Bayer has admitted that she felt uncomfortable working with Trump in the "Porn Stars" sketch, and the show has repeatedly insulted him throughout his presidency,

** Neither of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's guest host stints (2004 and 2015) were great experiences for the cast and crew. The main issue both times was Trump not having much in the way of a sense of humor and not really giving the writers any help in coming up with material for him, with Creator/SethMeyers recalling that when he participated in one of Trump's sketches in the 2004 appearance, Trump constantly made it known to the cast he did not see what was funny about the sketch. 2015 had the added element of political controversy, as it was done after Trump announced his 2016 presidential campaign, with anti-Trump protests in front of 30 Rock all week contributing to the tension. In particular, the sense was that Trump and SNL were just using each other for exposure and neither camp really wanted to be there. The only sketch he showed any enthusiasm for was the Creator/VanessaBayer[=/=]Creator/CecilyStrong "Porn Stars" bit.[[note]]And even then, according to Bayer, Trump was initially concerned about doing a sketch centered about porn stars given his political aspirations, but she easied him out of it.[[/note]] Since then, Creator/TaranKillam and Creator/ColinJost have spoken candidly about how much they hated the episode, and Bayer has admitted that she felt uncomfortable working with Trump in the "Porn Stars" sketch.

* When Jean Doumanian took over as producer in season six, she believed that Creator/CharlesRocket would be the next breakout star. This reportedly went to his head and led to him to become difficult. Ultimately, the breakout star was Creator/EddieMurphy, whom Rocket was reportedly scornful, dismissive and envious of. When Murray hosted the show, the only member of the cast he shakes hands with at the end is Murphy, while he noticably ignores Rocket.

** Creator/NormMacDonald and Creator/DavidSpade named Creator/StevenSeagal as the worst guest host they ever experienced. He refused to go along with the scripted sketches and at one point, he locked himself in his dressing room and wouldn't come out to show his protest of the show rejecting ''his'' ideas for what he should star in. What were these sketches? He expressed a desire to appear in Hans and Franz only on the condition that he'd get to beat them up and another where he was a psychologist and Victoria Jackson was to be his patient, a ''rape'' victim.[[note]]Needless to day, these ideas nor his behavior didn't go well with anyone and as a result, he has reportedly actually been banned from SNL for life.[[/note]]

** UsefulNotes/StevenSeagal's is often said to be the worst host in the show's history: his appearance on the show was so awful that copies of it are not easily found, and in one sketch, Lorne Michaels called him "the biggest jerk" to ever have been on the show. Most cast members say that not only was his sense of humor poor, but he was also a terrible person to work with.

* Murray and Radner had an affair that ended so badly that they couldn't be in the same room together. Tellingly, she only mentions him once in passing in her autobiography. Radner did become close friends with Laraine Newman, although there was a degree of rivalry between them.[[note]]That flared into outright antagonism when she managed to take the role in the "Mr. Death" sketch with guest host Creator/ChristopherLee that had been written with Radner in mind.[[/note]]

** PlayedWith in 2021 when Elon Musk was announced as host in Season 46. He didn't endear himself to anybody when, in what proved to be a poor attempt to be funny on social media, he put out a tweet questioning if the show really went out live, insulting a cast and crew that takes pride in working up the last minute to polish sketches and rundowns. Aidy Bryant, Bowen Yang, and Andrew Dismukes published social media posts directly and indirectly criticizing Elon Musk being chosen to host the show due to their socio-political beliefs[[note]]Long story short, Musk is one of America's wealthiest citizens, with a net worth of over $160 Billion, and the increasing wealth gap between America's wealthiest and poorest citizens has been a large concern among left leaning individuals[[/note]] and threatened to refuse to work on the episode. Ultimately, though, they all did. Bryant would later say her comments were overblown and Pete Davidson said Musk actually got along well with the cast during the week.