Maya Rudolph Says Social Media Criticism Is ‘So Ugly’ She Couldn’t Star On ‘SNL’ Today
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“I don’t think I would be creating the things I created on ‘Saturday Night Live’ if I worked there today,” the former cast member said.
Maya Rudolph says she wouldn’t want to star on “Saturday Night Live” these days because “there’s so much criticism.”
The “SNL” alum departed the popular show in 2007, just as smartphones became ubiquitous and social media reactions became immediate. In an Apple Music interview Wednesday with Zane Lowe, Rudolph said the prominence of social platforms would genuinely stifle her process.
“I feel like people want to take a sound bite and create problems, and that’s become a business,” she told Lowe. “It’s so ugly, and it’s so not at all my life. It has nothing to do with me. So it just makes you shy away from wanting to put yourself out there.”
“I don’t think I would be creating the things I created on ‘Saturday Night Live’ if I worked there today,” added Rudolph. “It’s scrutiny.’”
Rudolph joined “SNL” in 2000, opposite talents like Jimmy Fallon, Tracy Morgan, and Tina Fey. While she has fond memories — and returns Saturday for her third stint as host — Rudolph thinks the internet has robbed modern casts of the freedom she once had.
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