The remark tickled the late-night host given that the “camp” was Stewart’s 2004 stint in Alderson Federal Prison related to a stock trade. Stewart explained that she was only allowed to be out of the house for eight hours a day. “And the parole officer said ‘No?’ ” Fallon asked.
Live from New York, it wasn’t Martha Stewart. The domestic doyenne said her parole officer wouldn’t let her host “Saturday Night Live” after she got out of federal prison in Alderson, West Virginia in 2005 after serving five months for lying about a stock trade.
Martha Stewart almost had a shot at hosting “Saturday Night Live,” but alas, her plans were thwarted by her parole officer. On Monday, during an appearance on “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon,” Stewart shed light on the reason she wasn’t able to host the iconic comedy sketch show.
Martha Stewart revealed that she was previously slated to host ‘Saturday Night Live’ until her parole officer intervened
For the pair’s joke swap skit, Jost, 42, was forced to read Che’s absurd quips about Johansson — including one where Jost said he’s “eating roast beef every night since my wife had the kid” — as the actress watched from backstage in shock.
Martha Stewart has revealed that she was once asked to host "Saturday Night Live," but her parole officer wouldn't let her.
The lifestyle mogul served her five-month prison sentence at Federal Prison Camp in Alderson, W. Va., from 2004 to 2005.
At the beginning of the interview, Fallon mentioned all the SNL cast members that had impersonated Stewart over the years which included Janeane Garofalo, Nancy Walls Carell, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, David Spade, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Chloe Fineman.
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert is executive produced by SNL producer Lorne Michaels and music producer Mark Ronson. The single night event will kick off the show’s celebratory weekend. On Sunday, Feb. 16, SNL 50: The Anniversary Special will air live at 8 p.m.
Hosted by Jimmy Fallon and featuring a lineup of chart-topping musical guests from across the decades, SNL50: THE HOMECOMING CONCERT will celebrate 50 years of SNL musical and comedy performances.
"In 1982 Kroeger, along with his fellow Practical Theatre Company performers Brad Hall, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Paul Barrosse, joined the cast of Saturday Night Live during Lorne Michaels's hiatus from the show, under the direction of Dick Ebersol."