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Lorne Michaels Does Not Have to Suffer Alone


Or, as Bowen Yang calls him, “Lauren.”

Partway through the ceremony, four legendary cast members of Saturday Night Live made an appearance to share a message of hope and support with executive producer Lorne Michaels. ), Maya Rudolph, Seth Meyers, Kristen Wiig, and Bowen Yang took to the stage to address a glaring oversight in Television Academy history, which is that their “dear friend and mentor, Lorne Michaels, has been nominated for and lost the Emmys 85 times. Then, Meyers alerted the group that Michaels has in fact personally won 21 Emmys, with SNL winning over 200 over its soon-to-be 50 years, which only goes to show that anything is possible if you only believe!

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