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Megan Behnke

SNL Cast Members Sometimes Don’t Gel With Hosts. Why Chris Parnell Was Not A Fan Of Tom Green

From L to R: Chris Parnell as Tom Brokow in a cold open, Tom Green in a sketch on Saturday Night Live.

Saturday Night Live is continuing its 51st season amid the 2026 TV schedule, and there are still some exciting hosts and musical guests to look forward to. Throughout the show’s illustrious run, hundreds of celebrities have walked through the doors of Studio 8H to host an episode of the long-running series, and a lot of them have been more than once. Of course, not everyone on the cast is going to vibe with a given host, and series alum Chris Parnell has his reasons for not vibing with Tom Green during his hosting stint.

Green hosted Saturday Night Live only once, and that was back in 2000 during Season 26. While some may have found the episode, which is streaming with a Peacock subscription, funny, Parnell wasn’t fond of it. This came up when Parnell recently spoke with LateNighter and was asked who his least favorite host was out of all eight seasons he worked on SNL. Apparently, there were some specific creative decisions made that rubbed Parnell the wrong way:

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