While at the Met Gala, a yearly highlight for fashion and lowlight for wealth inequality, Ego Nwodim chatted with The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White about SNL’s recent song dedicated to short kings. He was namedropped in the song, as a minimally heighted heartthrob who brings the energy of a smoldering, shaved bugbear to every show he stars in. He took the inclusion in good humor, sharing that they’d actually invited him on-set to hear the ode to him and other celebrity short stacks in person.
I’d argue Hollywood in general is already a love song to successful tiny people. If you can see the top of a refrigerator, you’re probably going to mess up the shot, so a lot of celebrities already have the proportions of a tank gunner. If you’re over six feet tall, you’re probably playing Jack Reacher or someone he’s beating up.
But that’s all besides the fact that one tiny snippet of their conversation raised my eyebrows. Not very much, because the dread of the world has long converted my amygdala to a gasping husk, but still, they twitched. That was Ego’s exultation to White that they “have to get him to host at some point,” and his reply “I want to come.” A casual bit of chatter that might accidentally launch speculative pieces like this one? Perhaps, in which case, hello to Ego Nwodim, who I assume is reading this on a iPad Lorne Michaels just handed her with a stern look.
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However, I’m not a towheaded boy catching tadpoles by the crick, so I’m fully aware of how carefully controlled celebrity statements and interactions are. I also wouldn’t be surprised if cast were directly cautioned not to offer or suggest hosting gigs to actors and celebrities, even in passing, because they will believe you. You don’t get famous by failing to send follow-up emails. My immediate hunch is that this was calculated to drum up suspense and press coverage, in which case, I have done my part. It smells of the machinations of PR teams who consider sending scheduled press emails to be the careful strategy of kingmakers.
So I’ll be anything but surprised if we see Jeremy Allen White’s name pop up on a notecard shared on SNL’s Instagram in the near future. To be clear, I’d welcome it. I’m a fan of Jeremy Allen White and I’d be genuinely looking forward to the episode — besides, of course, the inevitable Mad-Libs-style “What if Carmy from The Bear worked at Subway” sketch paced specifically to chop up into nice chunks for shareability.
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