Overview
- In a Nov. 8 People interview, Davidson said he would return to Saturday Night Live if Lorne Michaels invited him, adding, “I’d do anything for Lorne.”
- He appeared unannounced on Weekend Update the next night, where Colin Jost introduced him to address a New York Times piece labeling his and Jost’s Staten Island ferry a “money-losing fiasco.”
- On air, he joked that ferry losses pushed him to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival and noted Nike bought ad space on the vessel for the New York City Marathon.
- He mentioned he is expecting a child and quipped about perseverance at SNL, including a line about Tina Fey being “ready to take over.”
- Davidson was a cast member from 2014 to 2022, hosted in October 2023, and continues film and TV work alongside commercial deals such as an Amazon Alexa+ partnership.