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Ana Gasteyer of Saturday Night Live fame recently recounted what happened when Sean “Diddy” Combs arrived on set as the episode’s musical guest. This came up during the comedian’s recent appearance on a podcast. She also revealed how the cast and crew poked fun at the mogul.

The Cast & Crew Weren’t Too Happy With Diddy’s Behavior

Gasteyer is known for appearing on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2002. Over the years, she has appeared in a variety of sitcoms, like Suburgatory and American Auto. She is also known for appearing in the film, Mean Girls.

This past Wednesday, Gasteyer appeared on the “Las Culturistas” podcast, which is hosted by SNL cast-member Bowen Yang and comedian Matt Rogers. While there, she discussed an appearance Diddy made back in May 1998.

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According to Gasteyer, Combs “shut down like the whole building” during his appearance. As she continued,...

Saturday Night Live – the late-night playground where anything can happen when comedy meets chaos. One could say that SNL is the wild child of TV – unpredictable, hilarious, and sometimes delightfully off the rails. However, no matter how smooth and fun things may seem on our screens, there is always behind-the-scenes drama accompanying it, like the time Diddy had an absurd demand for his rehearsals.

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Currently awaiting trial in jail, Diddy’s popularity has taken a plunge thanks to all the lawsuits and accusations against him but there was a time when the industry mogul had the world wrapped around his finger. So, when he was all set to be the musical guest on SNL in 1998, he demanded a complete closed set for his rehearsals. Unfortunately for him, Will Ferrel was not in the mood to respect Diddy’s odd wish.

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Before federal agents arrested hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs in September 2024, the star was known as one of the biggest names in the music industry. Combs appeared on Saturday Night Live in 1998 to perform as the musical guest. Unfortunately, those who worked with Combs at the time don’t have fond memories of their experience. Here’s what SNL‘s Ana Gasteyer said happened when Will Ferrell crashed Combs’ rehearsal.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs had an air of ‘faux importance’ as the musical guest on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Ana Gasteyer said

Sean “Diddy” Combs was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live in 1998. Combs’ career took off in the late ’90s, as his debut album, No Way Out, was released in July 1997. In 1998, Combs took home Grammy awards for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for “I’ll Be Missing You.” This was just the...

Saturday Night Live alum Ana Gasteyer is telling a Sean “Diddy” Combs story.

Back when Ana was in the cast, the disgraced entertainer acted as a musical guest for the May 9, 1998 episode and demanded he have “a totally closed set” while he rehearsed.

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Ana said, while appearing on Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ “Las Culturistas” podcast, “You can tell the five as-holes in the six years that I was there when they would be like, ‘So-and-so is in the building. Everybody stay in your dressing rooms!’ Which is applicable if you’re a presidential candidate, but apart from that, it’s really my house.”

A few writers noted Combs‘ request and instead, suggested: “Wouldn’t it be so funny if Ron just went in?” The “Ron” the writers were referring to is Will Ferrell, who was in costume as his character “Ron” from the “Mango” sketches.

“Saturday Night Live” alum Ana Gasteyer reflected on her six-year stint on the show on the latest episode of Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ “Las Culturistas” podcast, recalling a time when her fellow cast member Will Ferrell interrupted Sean “Diddy” Combs’ closed rehearsal as part of a bit.

Gasteyer was on “SNL” from 1996 to 2002, where she overlapped with Ferrell, Molly Shannon, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph and others. She’s best known for being part of the “Schweddy Balls” sketch alongside Shannon and Alec Baldwin, as well as her recurring Culps skit with Ferrell.

Gasteyer told current “SNL” player Yang and Rogers that the cast at that time had several recurring bits, including one where Ferrell repurposed his Jerry Reed costume to imitate a crew member named Rob, who had recently been fired by the director of the show’s pre-taped segments. In 1998, when Combs was the show’s musical guest,...

Exclusive: Kate French, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Michael Sirow, Chris Mullinax and Aaron Quick Nelson have joined the cast of Come With Me.

The five actors will appear alongside lead Theo Rossi and supporting actor Ron Perlman.

Rossi stars as well as executive produces the film, which follows a working class man who runs into trouble at work after he begins to take seriously the spewings of an acerbic radio host Dalton Kirby(Perlman).

French joins the ensemble as Rossi’s wife, who becomes increasingly estranged from her husband. Ronnie Gene Blevins (Emancipation), plays his best friend, who unknowingly introduces Rossi’s character to a dark side of himself, while simultaneously facing emotional trials.

Rossi recently debuted as Dr. Julian Rush on HBO’s The Penguin, and he will next be seein in Jaume Collet-Serra...

Exclusive: Ron Perlman has joined the cast of Aaron Harvey’s upcoming Come With Me thriller film.

The actor will portray Dalton Kirby, a sharp radio host who influences a working-class man (Theo Rossi) with his verbal rants of fear and doom. This marks a reunion for the pair of actors, who worked together on Sons of Anarchy.

In Come With Me, Rossi’s character falls under the influence of Kirby’s diatribes, which darken the world around him. He soon run into trouble at work as a result of absorbing Kirbey’s acerbic radio rhetoric.

Come With Me recently wrapped production in Gulfport, Biloxi and Pass Christian, Mississippi. Harvey directs from a script he cowrote with Jonathan Croom. The film is also produced by Demetrius Stear, Colin Bates, Kevin Greene, and Nicholas Carmona.

Executive producers include Ryan Francis, Lance Kawas, Fadi Assaf, Michael Sirow and Javier C. Ortiz.