“The bride’s side of the family was not amused,” Ted Danson recalled.
Bill Haderhas fond memories ofWill Fortenearly ruiningSeth Meyers' wedding.
Forte busted out his bigoted character Hamilton Whiteman during a toast at Meyers' wedding to Alexi Ashe.
Bill Hader; Will Forte as Hamilton Whiteman on ‘Saturday Night Live’.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; NBC
“Like a neo-Nazi basically.
He holds the microphone like this.
“Everybody was like, ‘Jesus!'”
Alexi Ashe and Seth Meyers in 2019.Kevin Mazur/Getty
A good chunk of the audience was understandably entertained by the stunt, however.
And he goes, ‘And I will be in the corner brimming withI told you so.'”
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Hader was flabbergasted by Forte’s audacity.
“It was kind of the laugh where I was terrified.
I was, ‘Yeah, just ballsy.’
The comedian admitted that the speech might not have aged flawlessly.
I can’t believe he f—ing said that,'” Hader said.
“But yeah, I mean, he was very bold.
Meyersplayed a clip of the speechwhen Forte guested onLate Nightin 2015.
“How does a woman of such divine, symmetrical features marry a hook-nose?
But it works,” Forte-as-Hamilton says in the clip.
Meyers said that anotherSNLplayer was completely enamored with the toast-turned-roast.
“He immediately ran over and said he needed you to do that athiswedding.
