Taccone: Uncomfortable with Spacey on SNL

0:00It's April 27th. Welcome to Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI, I'm Corey, with the story. Dramat's Akone from the Lonely Island crew just dropped a bombshell on a podcast, saying he felt straight up uncomfortable working with Kevin Spacey. Back when Spacey hosted Saturday Night Live in 2006, Takone, who helped pioneer those viral digital shorts with Andy Sandberg and Akiva Schaefer, said he dug almost every host, but this one? Not so much. For the first time, he's ever said it out loud. They got hired in 2005 to bring SNL into the digital era, cranking out hits like Lazy Sunday. Spacey's episode aired May 20th, 2006, with Nelly Frattato as the musical guest. It was a big one final show for cast-stables, like Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Chris Parnell, and Horatio Sans. Spacey even popped up in a short-called Andy's excuse. Spacey was at his peak then, with two Academy Awards under his belt from films like L.A.

1:00Confidential. Fast forward to 2017, allegations of sexual misconduct hit hard, including one from Anthony Rapp when Rapp was a minor. They got him booted from House of Cards, but he denied everything and got cleared by a jury in 2021 on that specific charge. Takone kept the short, no deep dive into why he felt off. Spending weekly hit-up reps for both guys, but no word back yet. The full interviews out there, if you want to hear more. Stories like this remind us some vibes from set stick around forever, resurfacing when least expected.