“Me and Tiffany almost f—ed him up one night.”
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Leslie Jonesdoes not have fond memories of one particularSaturday Night Livedirector.
“And I don’t give a f— if you see this.
Leslie Jones; Tiffany Haddish.Credit:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty; John Nacion/Variety via Getty
You was a f—.
You still are probably a f—ing dickhead.
A f—ing narcissistic dickhead.”
Leslie Jones wearing a wedding dress in the ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch ‘Kyle and Leslie’.NBC
Jones added that she thought the director had an inflated view of his work.
You’re just being an a–hole with this tedious f— s—.
The comedian also accused the director of racism.
Leslie Jones, Kyle Mooney, and Beck Bennett in the ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch ‘Beck and Kyle’.NBC
I know you’re calling me a n—-.'
Because he was a Mormon too."
“He would just do little f—ing antsy a–hole s—.
“Yeah, me and Tiffany almost f—ed him up one night.”
Representatives for Haddish did not immediately respond toEntertainment Weekly’s request for comment.
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Jones described the sketch in question.
“That was the wedding.
“I’m going to get in trouble with all this.
I don’t care.
But me and Kyle got married, and I already just didn’t like [the director].
And we were going so long.”
“So we’re like, ‘What the f—?
Why is it taking so f—ing long?’
What the f—?'”
Jones said she and the director almost came to blows because she tried to leave the set.
“He comes to the back because I was like, ‘Yo, I’m going home.
Y’all done had me here since 4 o’clock.
I gotta come to work tomorrow,'” she explained.
“I’m in this big wedding dress.
I still got this cut on my arm.
I cut my arm with the wire that was in there.
So my hand’s bleeding and s—.
I’m like, ‘Nah, I’m going home.'”
In her recollection of the night, the director tried to stop Jones from leaving.
“This motherf—er was like, ‘What makes you so f—ing special?'”
“And I was like, ‘Who the f— you talking to?’
[He said,] ‘You, I’m talking to you.
What makes you so f—ing special?
Lorne is this, this, and this.’
And I said, ‘Motherf—er, I know you’re not f—ing talking to me.
What makes me special is that the f—ing sketch is about me and Kyle, not you.
So what the f—?'”
Jones then began brainstorming the best way to attack the director.
I’m about to f— you up,'” she recalled.
“And like, I f—ed up dudes before.
So all I’m thinking is like, my dad was an army man.
And he got this big-ass Adam’s apple.
That’s like, hit him in the Adam’s apple.
That n—- will not be able to f—ing stand up.
So I’m squaring off.
I’m ready to bring my head up to his chin.
I’m ready, right?
I’m yelling, like going offfdfffs like, ‘Get the f— out my face.’
And he kept stepping to me.”
She said the commotion caught the attention of Haddish.
“Tiffany comes out the dressing room because that was her week [hosting],” Jones said.
“She was like, ‘What’s up, cuz?’
Like, that’s my girl!
‘What’s up, cuz?
Who the f— talkin’ s—?
Who talkin’ s—?’
I said… ‘We about to f— him up.'”
However, Haddish did not appear on the May 13, 2017 episode in the wedding sketch.
McCarthy and the Haim sisters all showed up in the wedding sketch.
However, Haddish did appear in a follow-up sketch when she hosted the show on Nov. 11, 2017.
Jones said the director continued shooting with her after their tense encounter.
“Do you know we had to still go and shoot after that?
So this motherf—er would come over and give a shot to give a direction.
I was like, ‘Don’t you put your motherf—ing hand on me.’
And then the camera would come on.”
She concluded, “That night was crazy.”
McCary was childhood friends with Mooney and also had a longstanding friendship withSNLcast memberBeck Bennett.
They formed the comedy troupe Good Neighbor, and he frequently helmedSNLsketches that revolved around their performances.
A representative for McCary did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
“So I was really fiending for the darkest, sexiest stuff, the absolute slums of life.”
McCary has recently produced movies likeA Real PainandProblemistaand shows likeThe CurseandFantasmasalongside his wife,Emma Stone.
McCary leftSNLafter season 43 in 2018, while Jones departed the series after season 44 in 2019.
