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Jennifer Aniston Revisits Turning Down SNL on 'Armchair Expert'

She cites youthful confidence alongside concerns about the show's male-dominated culture.

Overview

  • Aniston’s comments appear on the Oct. 13 Armchair Expert episode, which is currently exclusive to Wondery+ with a wider release slated for Oct. 20.
  • She says she declined a potential cast role in the early 1990s because she thought she was "such hot s---."
  • Aniston recalls meeting SNL creator Lorne Michaels in New York and running into Adam Sandler and David Spade outside his office.
  • She describes viewing the show at that time as very male-dominated and references preferring the era of Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin.
  • The recollection aligns with similar remarks she made in 2019 and 2021, and she later hosted SNL in 1999 and 2004 after Friends launched in 1994.