Overview
- Poehler said a chimp named Mikey grabbed her wrist backstage during a quick change and would not let go.
- She called the young animal “formidable” and recalled screaming before the situation ended without further incident.
- Speaking on her Good Hang podcast, she said working with animal actors feels too stressful for her.
- The encounter happened around the 2005 sketch Monkeys Throwing Poop at Celebrities, in which she briefly played Sharon Stone.
- Jason Bateman has said the same chimp tried to bite his face during that episode, with SNL later showing slowed 2005 footage and Bateman recounting a handler-described postshow “apology.”