Throughout the history of Saturday Night Live there have been plenty of iconic comedians to sit at the coveted Weekend Update desk. Chevy Chase, Norm Macdonald, Tina Fey and Bill Murray are just a few of the comics who’ve co-anchored the segment or handled it solo. Kevin Nealon took on that gig in the early ‘90s but was removed from the position just a few years later. Now, 22 years later, Nealon is revealing that he’s only recently learned exactly why he was removed from his post, and it’s honestly somewhat brutal.
From 1991 to 1994, Nealon anchored Weekend Update, welcoming iconic guest stars and, of course, poking fun at current events. Nealon would eventually be succeeded by the late Macdonald, a fact that was brought up during the former’s recent appearance on The Daily Beast’s Obsessed Podcast. During the interview (that’s since been posted to YouTube), Nealon revealed that thanks to some recent reading his done, he’s learned more about his Update removal and the inner workings of SNL in general:
