Watching Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary special during the early days of the 2025 TV schedule was so fun. Mostly, that was because of all the amazing sketches. However, it was also very entertaining to pause and look at the audience to spot people like Kevin Costner and Jenna Ortega sitting in the same section, because where else would you see something like that? However, apparently, there’s a downside to having a stacked crowd, as Pete Davidson explained why they had a “terrible audience” at SNL 50.
This note came up when Seth Meyers asked Davidson on an episode of Late Night if it was more nerve-wracking to be in a live sketch or watch a pre-taped sketch with an audience. His immediate response to that question was:
