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Did Saturday Night Live fire actress because she is too fat?
E Online’s Ted Casablanca just comes right out and says it, Saturday Night Live fired Casey Wilson because they think she’s too chunky.
According to Casablanca’s The Awful Truth, SNL dropped Casey and Michaela Watkins for two PSYTs (Pretty, Skinny Young Things), Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad.
SNL producers apparently told Wilson to drop 30 pounds during the show’s summer hiatus. She didn’t and was shown the door, according to Casablanca.
Watkins is apparently taking the whole thing with a grain of salt.
When asked her reaction when learning she’d be canned after only one season, Watkins said told Entertainment Weekly she was shocked.
“And sadness [because] it just felt premature. But on some level I feel like there are so many opportunities and things that I want to do in the future and now they’ll just happen sooner rather than later,” she told Entertainment Weekly.
Wilson has been pretty silent on the situation. There is another option. Some say Wilson was fired because she was unfunny and never gained a following?
What do you think?
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By RacerX
September 10, 2009 2:40 PM | Link to this
Heh - never heard of them.
By Ace
September 10, 2009 2:45 PM | Link to this
Is SNL even still on TV? Who knew.
By Margarita
September 10, 2009 4:56 PM | Link to this
hmmmm … if that is true - what about Horatio Sanz? John Belushi? Chris Farley? It’s OK for the guys to be fat & funny but not for a woman (who’s really not that overweight) to be heavy? WHATEVER!!!
By Chynna
September 10, 2009 5:23 PM | Link to this
She wasn’t that big when she had to wear a suit to the beach for the “Hold On” video, but from then on, she really struggled with her weight. …wait a minute… …who the hell is Casey Wilson?
By Living large
September 10, 2009 5:55 PM | Link to this
How bout another tater,umm hmm.
By Wilmoth
September 10, 2009 8:49 PM | Link to this
Like the story said, Wilson is taking the firing with a grain of salt…actually several grains of salt, a triple bacon cheeseburger and a loaded baked potato. Whatever the reason for her termination, she simply wasn’t funny, which sort of hurts your abilty to retain employment on a sketch comedy show.