“He was always kinda like, nice, but then also really contentious, you know?”
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Not everySaturday Night Livemusical guest actually likes the show.
Case in point:Ye.
Bill Hader; Ye (formerly known as Kanye West).Credit:Amy Sussman/Getty; Bellocqimages/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
“He was always kinda like, nice, but then also really contentious, you know?”
Hader reflected in the new documentaryLadies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music.
“He had no problem telling us that he found the show incredibly unfunny.
Kanye West/Ye, Melissa McCarthy, and Taran Killam on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 2016.Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
He would tell us that on the regular.”
“And it was that thing of certain artists coming in and wanting to compete.”
Until Kanye,“Rage Against the Machine’sTom Morelloexplained in the doc.
The documentary also pulls back the curtain on Ye’s contentious appearance in a 2016 episode hosted byMelissa McCarthy.
“Look at that s—,” the musician says in behind-the-scenes audio featured in the documentary.
“They took my f—in' stage off atSNLwithout asking me.
Now I’m bummed.
Are they f—ing crazy?
I’m 50 percent more influential than any other human being.
Don’t f— with me.”
Producer Steve Higgins rememberedSNLbossLorne Michaelsfollowing Ye to convince him to return to the show.
Michaels confirmed the story.
“We talked and we just went over what had happened,” he explained.
Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Musicis now streaming on Peacock.
