For the first time in six years, Chloe Fineman missed her first Saturday Night Live.
Did she have a good excuse? According to Late Nighter, Fineman, like so many people who attended SNL 50, came down with COVID. She revealed that she tested positive on Tuesday in an Instagram story.
Sadly, there was not enough time for her to recover before the live show. Hopefully, she will be feeling better by Saturday night, so that she can debut her new bangs.
Jamie Lee Curtis was a presenter at the SAG Awards on Netflix yesterday, and she shared a secret while announcing the winner for Male Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series.
She told the audience, “And the actor goes to the man who gave me COVID at the Golden Globes, Colin Farrell.”
The SAG Awards winner looked shocked and was silently telling the laughing actress he felt terrible because he didn’t know that he did. But would he acknowledge it in his speech? “Guilty as charged!” Colin said, “But Brendan Gleeson fucking gave it to me. So, I was just spreading the love!”
Can I be part of that spreading the love? I don’t want COVID, but I would like to try to get it from The Penguin!
Over the weekend, 30 Rock was filled with celebrities who were celebrating Saturday Night Live’s 50th. What happens if you put a lot of people in a packed room these days? COVID! And SNL was no different.
Steve Martin revealed two of the people who came down with it. “Maya had Covid. Marty has Covid. I wonder why? The SNL 50th Covid curse is real.”
Because Short tested positive, they have to reschedule this weekend’s date until October. It is not all bad news for those who were supposed to because Steve promised them, “I think we’ll be funnier then, anyway.” As if they could get any funnier than they already are.
When it comes to “the SNL 50th COVID curse,” Martin has not said anyone else who got it. But with so many older legends there, like Garrett Morris, Cher, Lorne Michaels, Jack Nicholson, Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Meryl Streep, Jane Curtain, Bill Murray, Billy Crystal, and Steve Martin, who were there, I hope it was none of them.
Piers Morgan tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon after taking two other tests that came back negative. So he debated whether he should go into work to host Piers Morgan Uncensored and risk getting everyone sick. Or stay at home and host his show from there.
He ultimately decided to do it from home with the help of two co-workers who recently beat COVID.
With less than four hours to make it happen, they somehow worked a miracle.
However, Morgan was missing one key person from the crew, and that person was the makeup artist. Because he looks shit. And I am not sure it was all COVID’s fault.
On Monday, Stephen Colbert announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 and would be hosting The Late Show from home. But then yesterday, he said that he was not up for hosting the show.
Today, he gave a further update on his health. “Sorry to say, per doctor’s orders, I’m going to be out for the rest of the week,” he said in his message. “Resting up so that I can deliver the hand crafted, artisanal talk show that we so enjoy serving you. In the meantime, a heady blend of Paxlovid and onions in my socks (thank you, [Jimmy] Fallon) will be rebuilding my immune system.”
I love that Fallon sent him that care package. I wonder what the other members of Strike Force Five are going to send him to get well.
And on that note, I hope it works well, and he is better soon.
