If it makes you happy then why the hell are you so sad?
совсемLike, “Oh, here’s what the final Stefon would be.” In like, two sentences. It kind of proves that Stefon wasn’t crazy — those things actually do all exist. And then they run off together, and they would run back into the live set, and say, “We’re Mr. and Mrs. Seth Meyers.” And that’s the end of it. Like, verbatim.
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John and I, for a second — not that long — we talked about me saying, “Well, Seth, I have to go now, back to my planet.” And I was going to go back to my planet with my boyfriend, and we were going to try to get, like, Ryan Gosling or Brad Pitt or someone like that. I leave with him
on a spaceship, and then the spaceship lands on a planet that has Stefon’s haircut. That was the idea we had. We talked about that for a couple hours, and then we were like, “Nah, I like this video.”
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It sounds corny, but we wanted it to be emotional. It’s the rare instance where there’s two characters on SNL that you’re somewhat invested in, you know? I would hear that from people: “Man, you and Seth have to get together!” And I was like, “It’s a sketch show. It’s a fake news segment on a sketch show.”
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When we saw it, we all got choked up watching it. We were leaving, and Seth was leaving, and I was leaving… John had left, but he came back to help with this.
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We did it at dress, and it went okay. And then Lorne Michaels went, “I think we should have all the other SNL Update feature people out there throwing rice.” So that was added before air.
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I never got emotional all week. Like, I never really cried all week. I get very focused on work, and I don’t fully get the weight of things sometimes. I was so focused on what we were working on that it wasn’t until me and Seth — so I go up there [on the live show], I do the jokes, I get mad, I leave, and I run over to this corner and they start to put the veil on me, and get me ready for the part where me and Seth run back into the studio audience. I was sitting there, holding Seth’s hand, and we’re getting ready to go, and we’re watching the video. Then I start getting a little emotional. And Jenna, our stage manager, was crying, and she was like, “It’s been a lot of fun, Bill.” And I was like, “Aww, man!” And then that was it. [Laughs]
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There was this beautiful moment where we finished it, I hugged Seth, and kind of waved, and got a nice applause, and then walked off. And there was Kristen Wiig. I had no idea she was going to be there. She ran over and gave me a big hug, and she was crying. And then Seth gave me a giant hug, and he said, “Thank you so much for letting me be a part of this.” And then John Mulaney and I hugged, and he was like, “Hey, that worked out okay, huh?” And I was like, “Yeah, I guess.” And then they said, “We’ve gotta get you ready for the next sketch,” and they took off the shirt and the wig, and they just whisked it away. And Michael, my dresser, looked at me, and he went, “Well, Bill, I guess that’s it.” Then I just got dressed for the next sketch. It was funny, because the next sketch, we were playing a bunch of cops trying not to cry, so I was already — it was perfect. It was, like, a full season of holding back emotions, and it really all came out just right then. And then I was fine.
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The new cast — they’ll find something that’ll be the next big thing. I mean, John just told me Stefon was a question on Jeopardy. So, I was like, “Oh, we did it. No need to do anymore.” [Alex Trebek] said, “Who played him?” … and the girl went, “Who is Taran Killam?”
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John and I, for a second — not that long — we talked about me saying, “Well, Seth, I have to go now, back to my planet.” And I was going to go back to my planet with my boyfriend, and we were going to try to get, like, Ryan Gosling or Brad Pitt or someone like that. I leave with him
on a spaceship, and then the spaceship lands on a planet that has Stefon’s haircut. That was the idea we had. We talked about that for a couple hours, and then we were like, “Nah, I like this video.”
*
It sounds corny, but we wanted it to be emotional. It’s the rare instance where there’s two characters on SNL that you’re somewhat invested in, you know? I would hear that from people: “Man, you and Seth have to get together!” And I was like, “It’s a sketch show. It’s a fake news segment on a sketch show.”
*
When we saw it, we all got choked up watching it. We were leaving, and Seth was leaving, and I was leaving… John had left, but he came back to help with this.
*
We did it at dress, and it went okay. And then Lorne Michaels went, “I think we should have all the other SNL Update feature people out there throwing rice.” So that was added before air.
*
I never got emotional all week. Like, I never really cried all week. I get very focused on work, and I don’t fully get the weight of things sometimes. I was so focused on what we were working on that it wasn’t until me and Seth — so I go up there [on the live show], I do the jokes, I get mad, I leave, and I run over to this corner and they start to put the veil on me, and get me ready for the part where me and Seth run back into the studio audience. I was sitting there, holding Seth’s hand, and we’re getting ready to go, and we’re watching the video. Then I start getting a little emotional. And Jenna, our stage manager, was crying, and she was like, “It’s been a lot of fun, Bill.” And I was like, “Aww, man!” And then that was it. [Laughs]
*
There was this beautiful moment where we finished it, I hugged Seth, and kind of waved, and got a nice applause, and then walked off. And there was Kristen Wiig. I had no idea she was going to be there. She ran over and gave me a big hug, and she was crying. And then Seth gave me a giant hug, and he said, “Thank you so much for letting me be a part of this.” And then John Mulaney and I hugged, and he was like, “Hey, that worked out okay, huh?” And I was like, “Yeah, I guess.” And then they said, “We’ve gotta get you ready for the next sketch,” and they took off the shirt and the wig, and they just whisked it away. And Michael, my dresser, looked at me, and he went, “Well, Bill, I guess that’s it.” Then I just got dressed for the next sketch. It was funny, because the next sketch, we were playing a bunch of cops trying not to cry, so I was already — it was perfect. It was, like, a full season of holding back emotions, and it really all came out just right then. And then I was fine.
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The new cast — they’ll find something that’ll be the next big thing. I mean, John just told me Stefon was a question on Jeopardy. So, I was like, “Oh, we did it. No need to do anymore.” [Alex Trebek] said, “Who played him?” … and the girl went, “Who is Taran Killam?”
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