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Sarah Silverman Says Working at ‘SNL’ Makes ‘You Feel Like a Piece of S— and You’re Terrified’; Conan O’Brien Saved Her Career After ‘SNL’ Firing

Sarah Silverman says working at "SNL" made her terrified and anxious.

Sarah Silverman recently appeared on “The Howard Stern Show” and credited Conan O’Brien helped save her career after she was fired from “Saturday Night Live.” Silverman was a writer and cast memebr on “ SNL ” Season 19 but got dropped after one season. Silverman said that while being at “SNL” was “so magical” and “so amazing,” there was also “just something about it where they just have this energy that puts you in your place where you feel like a piece of shit, and you’re terrified. “I was totally thrown for a loop when I was fired, because it never occurred to me that was possible,” Silverman told Stern.

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