The actor appears on Peacocks docuseriesSNL50: Beyond Saturday Night,discussing his time on the comedy show.
Yeah, I got fired.
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Eddies advice to me was, Write your own sketches.
Damon Wayans talks about the ‘SNL’ sketch that got him firedSteve Granitz / FilmMagic / NBC
They started writing me in their sketches.
I said, Listen, my mothers gonna watch this show.
I cant do this.
I wont do this.'
In Episode 12 of the season, Wayans and co-star Randy Quaid played cops in the Mr.
Guest host Griffin Dunne said, I thought it was weird, but people still laughed.
And then Lorne fired him pretty much as he walked off the stage.
Wayans added, I snapped.
I just did not care.
I purposefully did that because I wanted [Michaels] to fire me.
Lorne Michaels said firing Wayans was really, really hard, but it had to be done.
He returned toSNLas host almost nine years after he was fired.
Watch theSNLsketch in the video below.
