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Damon Wayans On ‘SNL’ Sketch That Got Him Fired: “I Snapped, I Just Did Not Care”


Damon Wayans is opening up about his short stint on Saturday Night Live and the sketch that got him fired from the NBC late-night sketch show.

We gonna talk about it,” Wayans says in the fourth episode of the series titled “Season 11: The Weird Year.” When Wayans joined SNL, he didn’t have much experience on screen, except for a role in Beverly Hills Cop alongside Eddie Murphy who shared some advice after his exit from the sketch show. Wayans said they were giving him stereotypical roles and, at times, had to put his foot down, saying, “I’m like, ‘Hell no.’ I said, ‘Listen, my mother’s gonna watch this show.

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