Carol Burnett speculated about why she’s never been invited to host Saturday Night Live on Monday, despite being one of the last living comedy legends of her era—and she thinks it’s got something to do with show boss Lorne Michaels.
“I don’t know what I did to upset that man,” Burnett, 92, told The New Yorker in a new profile. “Do you think it’s misogynistic?” she asked her interviewer.
The profile notes that Burnett is a beacon for the show’s alumni, who’ve often thanked her for her trailblazing career and credited her success with their own. For instance, Amy Poehler declared that she “owes everything to” Burnett when the SNL alum presented her with a lifetime achievement award from Variety’s Power of Women event last year.
But throughout the show’s 50-year history, Burnett said has