Throughout Saturday Night Live ’s 49 seasons, the variety sketch show has pumped out countless fan-favorite comedians. While it’s always sad to say goodbye to cast members , it is also always exciting to say hello to new ones and see how they will put their own spin on characters and sketches. That being said, it is also definitely nerve-wracking coming onto the series, and for Chloe Fineman, her first season wasn’t going as well as she thought, but Will Ferrell helped her out.
Fineman joined SNL in Season 45 in 2019, and she quickly became a fan-favorite. She was promoted to repertory status in 2021 for Season 47, becoming a mainstay in a lot of the sketches. Now, being part of a legacy of cast members, it is a lot to live up to.
Fineman admitted to Variety that she thought she did fine her first year, but when she realized it was the complete opposite, she got some sage advice from host and former cast member Ferrell that is still good to use to this day: Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader. But I really freaked out when Molly Shannon hosted, because that was childhood for me. My first year, Will Ferrell hosted.
I thought I did fine. Turns out I bombed the hardest I’ve ever bombed. At the end, he was like, 'Hang in there.
It gets better.' That advice from Ferrell may have been short, but it was probably the best advice she could have gotten. It’s not surprising to hear that her first year didn’t go as she planned, because, not only was it her freshman year, but it was the .
