‘SNL’ Alum Kevin Nealon Criticizes Castmembers Who Break During Sketches: “It Doesn’t Work”

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Former SNL star Kevin Nealon isn’t a big fan of seeing current castmembers break into laughter during sketches.

While the comedian and actor didn’t name any of the cast directly, his comments came after a recent episode of the NBC sketch comedy series that saw host Ryan Gosling and featured player Ashley Padilla break character several times.

“I never broke character on SNL,” Nealon wrote on X. “I knew how much time the writers put into those scripts. You don’t want to be the one who throws it off. Lorne doesn’t like when the cast breaks. Even if the audience laughs, it doesn’t work for the sketch.”

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