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Ego Nwodim says she once slipped up and called SNL boss Lorne Michaels 'Daddy Lorne' to his face

'Saturday Night Live' star Ego Nwodim says she once slipped up and accidentally called boss Lorne Michaels 'Daddy Lorne' to his face.

As someone who's appeared on Saturday Night Live since 2018 and became an official cast member in 2022, Ego Nwodim seems to have found her groove on the show created and produced by Lorne Michaels. Michaels has reigned over the sketch show since it debuted in 1975, with the likes of the late Gilda Radner and John Belushi in the cast, except for a few years during the '80s. In January, he told Entertainment Tonight that he had no plans to leave right away, at least not before the show's upcoming milestone.

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