Martha Stewart was asked to host ‘SNL’, but conditional officer said no
Martha Stewart revealed that she was once asked to organize ‘Saturday Night Live’, but her conditional officer would not allow it.
During a performance on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” on Monday, Stewart said that she received the call from Lorne Michaels after her release from prison in 2005. Stewart served for five months in the federal prison camp in Aldenson, W.Va after she Was convicted of fraud with regard to the business business of the IMClone shares.
“I wanted that, and they asked me when I came from Alderson, that camp where I was on for a while,” said Stewart about organizing the iconic sketch show. “And my conditional officer would not give me the time to do it … that bastard! I still have his name and his number. ”
Stewart noted that under conditional release she was only allowed to get out of the house eight hours a day, which was not intensive with the intense schedule of “SNL”. “I’m so pissed off,” she added. “Maybe one day.”
When Fallon said she would be great as a host, Stewart agreed: “I would be great. Start a campaign! ”
Earlier in the interview, Fallon pointed out that Stewart is one of the most impressive people in the history of the “SNL”, depicted by nine different players, including Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, David Spade, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Chloe Fineman.
After she noticed that Spade was her favorite, Stewart said that she liked to see herself in the show. “Imitation is the highest form of flattery,” she said. “And you might as well be simulated!”
View the full interview from Stewart below.
