Colin Jost’s co-anchor will be sitting at the desk a while longer, as he clarified that he’s not departing the sketch-comedy series despite joking he would be.
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, sharing a screenshot of an article detailing his supposed departure. “I said it at a comedy show, and some dork transcribed it & wrote an article.” The comic also noted that other headline-making punchlines from his routine, including about his sex life, were “just jokes as well.”“You know my tie is a clip-on, right? What man wears a clip-on tie to work for eight years — that’s embarrassing,” he joked.
While fans wondered if that meant he would just leave the segment or the show, it’s now clear he meant neither. Che, 38, originally joined the NBC sketch comedy series in 2013 and replaced castmate Cecily Strong as co-anchor of “Weekend Update” in 2014. He made “SNL” history when he became the first black co-head writer in 2017 when he and and co-anchor Colin Jost were promoted to lead the show’s writing team,
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