These Well-Known Celebrities Surprisingly Got The Ax From Saturday Night Live

On live television, anything can happen. Actors, comedians, public figures, and musicians each did something so edgy and profane that they were banned from Saturday Night Live forever.

It might be a surprise that in over 40 years of the show being on air, hundreds of performers and guests got the ax. There was a famous incident when one musician ripped a photo of the Pope, and a lot of folks just took things a bit too far. Their outrageous behavior was too much for Lorne Michaels to welcome them back again.

Louise Lasser Was The First One To Be Banned

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The actress was the first of many to get the heave-ho. Lasser was described as being incoherent during her hosting appearance in the first season.

As if showing up to host under some kind of influence wasn’t bad enough, someone found Lasser crawling through the offices looking for drugs.