Overview
- In a tearful Instagram video posted Jan. 6, the former Saturday Night Live cast member admitted he had prescription pill problems and said he sold pills to some castmates.
- Redd said coworkers gossiped instead of offering help and credited Christina Evangeline for pushing him toward therapy, saying their support turned into a relationship.
- He recounted that he and Kenan Thompson discussed the situation privately, continued working together for about a year, and that his exit preceded the relationship becoming public in 2022.
- News outlets reported that representatives for SNL and for Thompson did not respond to requests for comment following Redd's video.
- TMZ cited unnamed SNL sources who said they had not heard of Redd supplying pills to castmates, and Redd said he plans to address his experience further at a New York show on Jan. 28.