Carol Burnett has spent more than six decades making America laugh, yet the comedy legend has never stepped onto the Saturday Night Live stage as host. At 92, she remains one of television’s most beloved entertainers, known for The Carol Burnett Show, which ran from 1967 to 1978 and became a cornerstone of sketch comedy. Still, fans have long wondered why such a celebrated performer has never had her own night at Studio 8H—a question Burnett herself addressed in a recent New Yorker profile.
According to the feature, the topic of Carol Burnett on SNL came up when she candidly shared her surprise that she’s never been invited to host. “I don’t know what I did to upset that man,” she said of SNL creator Lorne Michaels, even asking if the omission might be “misogynistic.” While Michaels decli