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SNL alums Martin Quick and Maya Rudolph’s COVID-19 analysis led Steve Martin to seek advice from a “curse” on the solid of the anniversary particular.
On Thursday evening (Feb. 20), veteran comedic actor Steve Martin shared on social media that fellow comedian Martin Quick had come down with COVID-19 after the fiftieth anniversary particular of Saturday Night time Dwell final Sunday (Feb. 16), probably catching it from Maya Rudolph. Martin shared a photograph from the evening on Instagram, which exhibits Quick and Rudolph sharing a kiss.
“Maya had Covid. Marty has Covid. I’m wondering why? The SNL fiftieth Covid curse is actual,” Martin wrote within the caption of the put up, including: “Sadly, now we have to reschedule this weekend’s sold-out Durham and Knoxville dates to 10/17 Knoxville and 10/18 Durham. So sorry for the inconvenience. I feel we’ll be funnier then, anyway.”
The Solely Murders In The Constructing star may’ve been referencing a joke from present SNL star Colin Jost throughout the Weekend Replace section of the present. “Well being consultants are going through elevated stress this winter within the face of outbreaks of COVID, the flu, RSV, and norovirus, which they’re calling a quad-demic,” Jost mentioned. “So we did the good factor and packed each beloved entertainer over 60 into one tiny area.”
Rudolph and Quick aren’t the one two coping with sickness after the particular. EGOT winner and co-host of The View, Whoopi Goldberg, missed a number of tapings of the present this week after attending the particular. “Whoopi continues to be out with the flu. It’s going round, watch out,” co-host Pleasure Behar advised the viewers on Thursday. “We hope you’re feeling higher, Whoopi. Come again quickly!”
The timing of the particular did result in a few notable absences. Dana Carvey, one of many present’s best-known figures who made a partial return to the present this season, shared that he needed to miss the particular resulting from recovering from the flu below physician’s orders. One other beloved alum, Dan Akroyd, didn’t seem resulting from “prior commitments” and Invoice Hader wasn’t current citing a “longstanding scheduling battle.”
“SNL Curse” Strikes As Martin Quick & Maya Rudolph Get COVID
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