Sometimes you're just in the right place at the right time.
That's apparently how Kenan Thompson felt on Saturday when he ducked out of "Saturday Night Live" early and missed Kanye West's third performance/political rant.
Thompson recounted the evening to "SNL" alum Seth Meyers on Monday's "Late Night" and described how he felt watching helplessly on TV as his colleagues witnessed West's words.
"We're all entitled to our opinion," Thompson deadpanned. "I don't know if that's the moment necessarily to hold people hostage like that."
West was the musical guest for the "SNL" season premiere and closed the show with an ultra-rare third performance, after which he invited the cast members back on stage and began espousing his views on President Trump (for) and the 13th Amendment (against).
"When I share my opinion, one thing I try not to do is say, 'Come on up, everyone. Come join me,'" Meyers joked.
"'You all disagree with me, right?'" Thompson added. "'Come up here. Join me while I do this.'"
Thompson had left the show early on Saturday because he often preferred to watch the musical performances on TV, rather than in-studio.
"And then when you saw what happened, were you so happy with the choice you'd made?" Meyers asked.
"For sure. Yes," Thompson replied. "As soon as he said, 'Hey, join me up on stage, everybody,' I was like, 'Oh, there goes the little cheese in the mousetrap. It's goin' down.'"
