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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Shahana Yasmin

Tina Fey opens up on SNL regrets and the joke she still defends

  • Tina Fey reflected on her tenure on Saturday Night Live, admitting some past jokes were "on the wrong side".
  • She defended her widely discussed impersonation of Sarah Palin during the 2008 US presidential election as a "fair hit".
  • Fey, who joined SNL in 1997, discussed the show's evolving relationship with current events, including the period after 9/11 and the anthrax incident.
  • She emphasised that political sketches needed to be "based in something that was true" to be effective and humorous.
  • Fey rejected the idea that SNL attempts to influence political outcomes, stating that if a joke isn't true, it won't be funny.

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