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A Hot Tub Tragedy Gave Rosebud Baker a Dark Sense of Humor. Writing for SNL Helped Her Embrace the Silly (Exclusive)


Comedian Rosebud Baker just released her Netflix special 'The Mother Lode.' Now she's opening up about the childhood loss that changed her world, and balancing motherhood with writing for 'Saturday Night Live'.

"Life's been busy lately, to say the least," laughs Baker, who also writes for SNL's Weekend Update, and recently attended the show's 50th anniversary celebration events. Baker explains that even though she loves being a mom, she felt compelled to return to her job six weeks after giving birth. In 2002, tragedy struck her family when her younger sister Virginia Graeme, then 7, was killed during a hot tub drowning incident that made national news.

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