The real reason Chris Farley got fired from SNL

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In May 2019, former Saturday Night Live cast member Adam Sandler hosted the show for the first time since he left the cast in 1995. Why such a long wait? As Sandler detailed in a song he performed during his episode, it may have had something to do with the fact that the show fired him 24 years prior. That came as a shock to many, especially since Sandler ruled SNL in the early '90s, alongside his frequent collaborator and close friend, Chris Farley. The latter, who'd go on to huge success as the star of movies like Tommy Boy and Black Sheep, only to pass away in 1997 at age 33, got fired, too. "Sandman," Sandler sang in his song, imitating Farley, "they fired my a**, too!"

So, why did the late-night institution fire not just Sandler, but Chris Farley, portrayer of popular characters like motivational speaker Matt Foley, a heart-attack suffering "Da Bears" fan, a "Gap Girl," and more? SNL had its reasons.

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