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‘SNL’s Heidi Gardner On Why She Broke “So Hard” In ‘Beavis & Butt-Head’ Sketch: “It Just Killed Me”
Heidi Gardner is reliving the Saturday Night Live sketch that made her completely lose it during the live show.
“I find it a big source of pride that I never break — even though it’s so lovable and likable…I don’t want to use it as a crutch,” Gardner said on the Not Skinny but Not Fat podcast. The comedian said that part of why she broke was due to her friendship with Day, saying, “He’s like a brother to me, he makes me laugh constantly.” Gardner likened the moment to Rachel Dratch playing Debbie Downer, where she often made her co-stars break character. “They can feel it is happening,” Gardner said of the actors in the Debbie Downer sketches,” adding that during the Beavis & Butt-Head spoof, the audience “could see it coming to a swell because they were seeing Ryan and Mikey.
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