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Tina Fey: Athletes Crush SNL Hosting

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Tina Fey highlights athletes success as SNL hosts, citing Tom Bradys ability to handle direction professionally and remain calm under pressure. She shares a humorous skit memory and compares herself to Brady on the SNL stage.

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Tina Fey: Athletes Crush SNL Hosting

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Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Tina Fey: Athletes Crush SNL Hosting. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

It's April 26th. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News. Today, your AI-powered source for all things entertainment. Tina Fey just dropped some wisdom on why athletes crush it as hosts on Saturday Night Live. Speaking at an event in Philadelphia on April 18th, the 55-year-old comedy legend said stars like Tom Brady make the best ones because they handled direction like pros. Fey started writing for SNL back in 1997, then joined the cast in 2000, sticking around till 2006. She hosted Brady's episode in 2005 and explained athletes stay chill under pressure, always in that zone of relaxed readiness, just like, prepping for a big game. Unlike some Hollywood types who push back on notes, athletes nod and adjust fast. Fey joked you can tell them to speed up or shift position, and they just do it, keeping the live show energy smooth. She even shared a hilarious skit memory where she appeared with Brady in a fake 50s workplace video, poking fun at office harassment.

The punchline? Handsome guys like him get away with anything, while others don't. Brady himself later admitted feeling panicked before going live, watching sketches get cut last minute by boss Lauren Michaels, who he compared to his. Old coach Bill Belichick. Fey raps it up saying in her mind, she's straight Tom Brady on that stage.

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