{"id":2221760,"date":"2026-01-04T16:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2221760"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:22:18","slug":"celebrities-who-were-rejected-from-saturday-night-live-after-auditioning-amber-ruffin-aubrey-plaza-bill-maher-donald-glover-eg-evergreen-geena-davis-john-mulaney-jordan-pee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/celebrities-who-were-rejected-from-saturday-night-live-after-auditioning-amber-ruffin-aubrey-plaza-bill-maher-donald-glover-eg-evergreen-geena-davis-john-mulaney-jordan-pee\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrities Who Were Rejected From \u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 After Auditioning | Amber Ruffin, Aubrey Plaza, bill maher, Donald Glover, EG, evergreen, Geena Davis, John Mulaney, Jordan Peele, Kevin Hart, Kumail Nanjiani, Longform, Lorne Michaels, Paul Reubens, Rachel Bloom, Saturday Night Live, Slideshow, Television | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos | Just Jared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2169665\">\n<p class=\"page-links\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/04\/celebrities-who-were-rejected-from-saturday-night-live-after-auditioning\/\" alt=\"Celebrities Who Were Rejected From 'Saturday Night Live' After Auditioning\"><span class=\"firstpage-link\">\u00ab First<\/span><\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/04\/celebrities-who-were-rejected-from-saturday-night-live-after-auditioning\/\"><span class=\"prevpage-link\">\u00ab Previous <\/span><\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/04\/celebrities-who-were-rejected-from-saturday-night-live-after-auditioning\/3\/\"><span class=\"nextpage-link\">Continue \u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- start entry --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Donald Glover Monologue - SNL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0C23p96MI88?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Donald Glover<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/donald-glover\/\" title=\"Donald Glover\"><strong>Donald Glover<\/strong><\/a> was turned down to be on <em>SNL<\/em> in both 2007 and 2009.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dodged so many bullets. Me being on <em>SNL <\/em>would\u2019ve killed me. I got friends who made it on <em>SNL<\/em> and, at the time, I was like, damn. But if I got on<em> SNL<\/em>, my career wouldn\u2019t have happened,\u201d he told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/donald-glover-global-creativity-awards-cover-2023\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink('https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/donald-glover-global-creativity-awards-cover-2023'); return false;\">GQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd thank God. Thank God I didn\u2019t get some of those pilots. I wanted so desperately to be on <em>Parks and Rec<\/em> because it was the cool, hipster show. I am the bullet dodger. I feel like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/samuel-l-jackson\/\" title=\"Samuel L Jackson\"><strong>Samuel L. Jackson<\/strong><\/a> in <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em>. That wasn\u2019t a mistake, you know? God did that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#AubreyPlaza auditioned for #SNL as a \u201cpill-popping housewife\u201d. #shorts\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W6hX_luoyrU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Aubrey Plaza<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/aubrey-plaza\/\" title=\"Aubrey Plaza\"><strong>Aubrey Plaza<\/strong><\/a> said she didn\u2019t make it to the Lorne Michaels final audition, but did the preliminary first round. <\/p>\n<p>She explained she did characters, like a \u201cPuerto Rican news reporter that was always trying to make the news stories sexy, even if they were horrific,\u201d as well as a \u201cpill-popping housewife.\u201d <strong>Aubrey<\/strong> would later host the show herself.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Click through to keep reading\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"page-links\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/04\/celebrities-who-were-rejected-from-saturday-night-live-after-auditioning\/\" alt=\"Celebrities Who Were Rejected From 'Saturday Night Live' After Auditioning\"><span class=\"firstpage-link\">\u00ab First<\/span><\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/04\/celebrities-who-were-rejected-from-saturday-night-live-after-auditioning\/\"><span class=\"prevpage-link\">\u00ab Previous <\/span><\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/01\/04\/celebrities-who-were-rejected-from-saturday-night-live-after-auditioning\/3\/\"><span class=\"nextpage-link\">Continue 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First\u00ab Previous Continue \u00bb Donald Glover Donald Glover was turned down to be on SNL in both 2007 and 2009. \u201cI dodged so many bullets. Me being on SNL would\u2019ve killed me. I got friends who made it on SNL and, at the time, I was like, damn. 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