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Damon Wayans recalls getting fired from ‘SNL’ for breaking an important rule
Damon Wayans has no hard feelings about getting fired from “Saturday Night Live” back in Season 11 – mostly because he wanted to be let go from the sketch show.
Damon Wayans Explains Why He Did 'SNL' Sketch Stunt That Got Him Fired
Michaels said he canned him midseason because “it had to be done,” EW noted. Before his unauthorized improv, Wayans said in the doc he was warned by “SNL” great Eddie Murphy that as a Black man he would be pigeonholed into certain characters, so he’d better write his own, Deadline reported.
Damon Wayans ‘Purposely' Got Himself Fired From ‘SNL' by Going Off Script: ‘I Snapped. I Just Did Not Care'
Damon Wayans has revealed how he “purposely” got himself fired from “Saturday Night Live” by going off script. Wayans was a cast member for Season 11 of the sketch comedy series, which has been deemed “the weird year,
Damon Wayans on Why He “Purposefully” Got Himself Fired From ‘SNL’: “I Snapped”
Wayans basically “broke the ultimate [ SNL] golden rule, which is no surprises,” according to Live From New York author James Andrew Miller. Former writer A. Whitney Brown added, “You cannot go rogue. You cannot try to steal a sketch.”
Damon Wayans reveals why he ‘purposely’ got fired from ‘SNL’
Damon Wayans is opening up on the circumstances surrounding his firing from “Saturday Night Live” in 1986, admitting he “purposely” got himself canned.
Shocking truth: Why Damon Wayans got himself fired from ‘SNL’
Getting fired from "Saturday Night Live" usually spells career disaster. But for Damon Wayans, getting the boot was exactly what he wanted.
Damon Wayans On ‘SNL’ Sketch That Got Him Fired: “I Snapped, I Just Did Not Care”
Damon Wayans is opening up about his short stint on Saturday Night Live and the sketch that got him fired from the NBC late-night sketch show.
How One 'SNL' Star 'Snapped' On-Air and Intentionally Got Fired
Damon Wayans Jr. revealed that he was unhappy on Saturday Night Live in the new documentary SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night.
Damon Wayans Reveals He ‘Purposely’ Got Fired From SNL
Damon Wayans was a cast member during season 11 of SNL, when the show had an overhaul on existing stars participating.
Damon Wayans Reflects On Getting Fired From ‘SNL’: “I Just Did Not Care”
The comedian looks back on "purposely" jeopardizing his position due to frustrations with creative direction in a docuseries on the sketch comedy.
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