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Kenan Thompson Reveals a Crooked Accountant Stole $1.5 Million From Him During His Nickelodeon Days

Kenan Thompson tells "The Breakfast Club" about a serious setback early in his career he left Nickelodeon in 2000.

Kenan Thompson is by all measures one of the most successful comedians in the world, having followed his celebrated run as a child and young adult actor on Nickelodeon with becoming the longest-tenured cast member in “Saturday Night Live” history. But during an appearance this week on “The Breakfast Club,” Thompson got real about a serious setback early in his career, revealing that when he left Nickelodeon in 2000, he was effectively broke — because he’d been basically robbed blind by his accountant. Thompson told “The Breakfast Club” cohost Charlamagne tha God that the $1.5 million his accountant stole from him amounted to most of what he earned during his years at Nickelodeon.

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