Betty White to Host 'Saturday Night Live'
by Andrew Scott, posted Mar 11th 2010 9:23AM
File this under another victory for Facebook.According to USA Today, Betty White will officially host the May 8 episode of 'Saturday Night Live.' As rumored, the episode will also feature appearances by six former 'SNL' funnyladies: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch.
This will be the first time in which the 88-year-old comedy legend will host the longrunning series, although executive producer Lorne Michaels said that he "always wanted" her for the job.
Meanwhile, White said that "years ago, I turned it down three times. It's so New York, and I'm not New York at all. But my agent said he'd divorce me if I didn't do it, and I love my agent."
For more on this story, visit PopEater.
File this under another victory for Facebook.According to USA Today, Betty White will officially host the May 8 episode of 'Saturday Night Live.' As rumored, the episode will also feature appearances by six former 'SNL' funnyladies: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch.
This will be the first time in which the 88-year-old comedy legend will host the longrunning series, although executive producer Lorne Michaels said that he "always wanted" her for the job.
Meanwhile, White said that "years ago, I turned it down three times. It's so New York, and I'm not New York at all. But my agent said he'd divorce me if I didn't do it, and I love my agent."
For more on this story, visit PopEater.
