Heidi Gardner on breaking on ‘SNL’: ‘I thought I’d get fired’

Published 2024-05-03
Heidi Gardner joins Hoda & Jenna and opens up about the viral moment she broke character on a recent “Saturday Night Live” sketch — and how she feared she might get fired over it! She also talks about having summer roommates as an adult and influencing Lorne Michaels to have Travis Kelce host the show.

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All Comments (21)
  • @timmyt1232
    Heidi breaking out laughing made the sketch 10 times funnier.
  • @passnola
    Her laughing made it 10 times funnier!
  • I met her in the train last week and I told her how amazing she was. she said I made her day. wonderful person!
  • I’m convinced Mikey Day entered this sketch with the full intention of making Heidi break.
  • @johnnymossville
    One of the most genuine laughs in SNL history, from her and us while watching it. It was a top 10 SNL moment for me. I still laugh when she turns around, and butt head looks on like,.. who,.. me?
  • @wo1975
    Loved when Heidi held her hand up like "talk to the hand" as if her hand could "unsee" those exposed gums 😂😂
  • @mrwassef
    That was such a simple concept for a sketch but executed to perfection. And her breaking made it 100x funnier 😂. It was so dumb, but sooo good. Easily one of the funniest moments in recent SNL history. That whole episode was really great. Definitely one of the consistently funniest ones in a long time.
  • @thesparkster
    Her breaking character was what made the bit funny and go viral. Not only did she lose it, but she struggled regaining composure. I died laughing and it was the buzz online as everyone took a mundane SNL skit and LMAOed over it. This will go down as one of SNL's top skits just because of Heidi.
  • @nismo2070
    The beavis and butthead skit was one of the funniest things I have seen in a while!! Heidi losing her composure was icing on the cake.
  • @lifeisgood525
    She’s been saving up her laughs for this one moment
  • LOVE HEIDI but to be fair, Ryan Gosling was breaking up and laughing pretty much in every sketch he was in and he had everybody around him cracking up the whole time as well lol
  • @systemBuilder
    That was 12x funnier because Heidi broke character - it gave Mikey Day two chances to look behind himself on either side which was all that much funnier - nicely played! I had so much fun watching the rest of this video - thanks!
  • @MrRUKidddingMe
    legitimately the most enjoyable skit in 15 years - all due to her genuine reaction
  • @benitahorn8818
    Her smile is beautiful, and her laughter is contagious. 🙂
  • @JeRonWashington
    I think the writers and crew came up with a plan to finally make her break
  • @LanaKennedy121
    When they break character it makes the skit soooo much better and funnier.
  • @ericturner7849
    My theory is that part of the reason people love this so much is because Heidi is incredibly cute when she smiles big.
  • Heidi is a legend. This is the funniest sketch on SNL in years. Heidi losing it made the sketch 1000% better. Everything about her is gorgeous. ❤
  • @tjhall9377
    She has nothing to worry about, Jimmy Fallon broke before the sketch even started several times.