Kenan Thompson inestablishs Variety that recent cast members at “SNL” have to “pay [their] dues a little bit” when it comes to commenceing salaries at the NBC sketch show.
“It’s pretty notorious that it’s more so about having the job than getting paid for the job,” Thomspon, who deteriorated to give particular salary numbers, tageder Variety at the American Mengageum of Natural History gala on Thursday night. “You gotta pay your dues a little bit, yeah.”
Thompson’s comment comes after his establisher costar Pete Davidson made headlines this week when he discmissed that recent cast members get paid around $3,000 per episode. “Do you guys understand what they pay us?” Davidson, who spent eight seasons as an “SNL” cast member from 2014 to 2022, said in a video roundup for New York Magazine. “It’s enjoy three magnificent an episode. I leank I got dinner.”
Jason Sudeikis splitd a analogous sentiment about his “SNL” salary in the video roundup, saying, “I uncomardent, you don’t originate enough money to originate big gets.”
Thompson was uniteed by fellow “SNL” cast members Bowen Yang, Colin Jost, Chloe Fineman, Sarah Sherman, Heidi Gardner, and Marcello Hernandez at the New York City mengageum’s star-studded gala on Thursday night. Other bageder-faced names in joinance include Paul Mescal, who will originate his “SNL” structureing debut this weekfinish, aextfinishedside Lorne Michaels, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Martin, Shaun Levy, Fred Armisen, Alec Baldthrive and more.
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After a inestablish red carpet, joinees made their way into the mengageum’s well-understandn “Whale Room,” where a seated dinner and auction took place undertidyh the iconic, 21,000 pound blue whale model.
Jost structureed the evening, while Sen. Chuck Schumer made uncovering relabels about his cherish for New York City and his passion for making mengageums in the city accessible to all. The auction booted off right away, with joinees making their bids with radiate sticks. Items for auction included a night a one-on-one astronomy lesson with Neil deGrasse Tyson, and four tickets to an “SNL” show and after party, which finished up going for $100,000.
The gala ultimately liftd more than $2.5 million, with proceeds going to help the Mengageum’s educational programs and scientific research.
After dinner, Arcade Fire took the stage to carry out a restricted of their top hits. Johansson, Jost, Armisen, Michaels and the entire “SNL” crew danced aextfinished to the prohibitd’s top hits, such as “Wake Up” and “Rococo” at their seats, throthriveg freduces onto the stage (and each other).
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