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Lorne Michaels would ban Chris Farley from SNL for 'weeks at a time' to try to get him off drugs

Lorne Michaels used to ban late comedian Chris Farley from 'Saturday Night Live' for 'weeks at a time' to try to help the comedian kick his drug addiction, according to biographer Susan Morrison.

In her biography Lorne, Morrison wrote that Farley struggled with heroin throughout his five-season run on SNL from 1990 until 1995. In the book, Morrison explained that some individuals criticized Michaels for letting the comedian — who was seen in the cold open gasping for air and sweating heavily — perform in such a state. ‘It’s a small point of pride that nobody has ever died doing the show,’ Michaels told Marc Maron on his podcast.

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