Live From New York, it’s time to earn a paycheck.
Several of Saturday Night Live’s most iconic past and current cast members reflected on their time on the series, with a few, including Pete Davidson, revealing how they spent their first SNL paychecks.
Do you guys know what they pay us?” Pete, 31, who starred on eight seasons of the legendary comedy show before his 2022 departure, quipped to the camera in the video in honor of SNL’s 50th anniversary shared on the New York magazine Instagram account Dec. 4. “It’s like three grand an episode, so I think I got dinner.”
Pete wasn’t the only former cast member who kept it real about how far their payment went. Jason Sudeikis expressed similar sentiments about the amount, though he divulged his more practical expenditure. And also revealed that it wasn’t much money.
“I mean you don’t really make enough money to make big purchases,” the Ted Lasso star—who was on the cast for nine years and spent two years as a writer—revealed. “So, I think New York rent was probably the biggest purchase I made after writing on SNL the first year.”