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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
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'SNL''s Devon Walker says Try Guys sketch writer was doxxed by fans: 'They had to get security for him'
Writing for Saturday Night Live might have unintended consequences. Devon Walker, who joined the sketch show its 48th season, said that an SNL staffer was doxxed and received death threats after writing a sketch that mocked the YouTube creators The Try Guys. "They had to get security for him because people were sending him death threats, 'cause he wrote a sketch on Saturday Night Live," Walker said on the podcast Lemme Say This. Representatives for Saturday Night Live did not immediately respond to Entertainment Weekly's request for comment. On the podcast, Walker said that a writer who he "will not name because this got him in so much s---" infuriated the Try Guys fandom after penning the 2022 sketch that mocked the group's response to an infamous workplace scandal. "He went to college with one of the Try Guys guys," Walker said of the writer. "[He] wasn't friends with him or anything, just went to school with him. [He] wrote a sketch about it, kind of just being like, 'Isn't this a silly thing that we're all getting upset about?' He literally got doxxed. He got doxxed by the Try Guys fans." The sketch in question saw a CNN reporter (Brendan Gleeson) interrupt his broadcast at the White House to discuss the breaking news that the Try Guys (played by Bowen Yang, Mikey Day, and Andrew Dismukes) had dismissed former member Ned Fulmer from their ranks after cheating on his wife with an employee at their company. Walker said that the Try Guys fandom's backlash to the sketch illustrates why he never wants to engage in online scandals or feuds. "I just wanna live a peaceful life," he said. "I just wanna walk around my neighborhood, eat scones. I don't want the smoke, really. I don't wanna be in no beef. They had to get security for him." Fulmer actually was the center of a scandal that led to his exit from the group after having an affair with an employee. Some critics of the sketch argued that SNL's parody of the incident inappropriately made light of the problematic power dynamic between Fulmer and his employee, while others noted that Fulmer went to Yale at the same time as SNL writer Will Stephen. (Representatives for Stephen did not immediately respond to EW's request for comment.)Listen to the full interview with Walker above. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Axios
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Austin's Devon Walker on "SNL," new podcast
"Saturday Night Live" star Devon Walker isn't trying to save the podcast world—he's trying to thin the herd. The big picture: "So many people are doing podcasts. Too many people," the Central Texas-raised comedian jokes. "There should be a review board who decides who gets to stay and who has to leave." His is meant to stay, of course. Driving the news: Walker's podcast, " My Favorite Lyrics," launched two weeks ago and revolves around his love of goofy rap lyrics and comedy. He's since released two episodes, featuring comedian and "SNL" writer Alex English and comedian Petey DeAbreu. New episodes upload on Tuesdays. What they're saying: "God knows we don't need another podcast, but if I am going to be a comedian starting one, let's make it one that's about something near and dear to me," he tells Axios, adding that he hasn't seen another music podcast like his. "As far as I know, that kind of podcast didn't exist yet." Between the lines: It's a natural move for the Pflugerville native and Texas State alum, who cut his teeth at Cap City Comedy Club before joining the "SNL" cast in 2022 for the show's 48th season. "He will absolutely be a guest at some point," he says. The bottom line: For listeners tired of music podcasts taking themselves too seriously, Walker offers something unapologetically unserious — and "dumb," he promises in his promo.
