Back in February, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels pulled out all the stops to welcome back 50 years’ worth of comedians to Studio 8H for the milestone anniversary celebration of one of the best sketch comedy shows of all time. In fact, there were so many past and present stars on hand that it was almost easier to pick out those who were absent. Dan Aykroyd falls into that category, and now the OG cast member has spoken out about why.
As someone who’s been quoting The Blues Brothers since I was way too young to have seen the movie, I definitely noticed that Dan Aykroyd wasn’t at SNL50: The Anniversary Special. At the time, a rep for the actor cited “prior commitments” as the reason Aykroyd missed the supersized live special (available to stream with a Peacock subscription), but when he spoke to EW at Comic-Con 2025, he gave a different reason, saying:
