Comedian Jorma Taccone, a member of the Lonely Island trio, has revealed that Kevin Spacey was the only Saturday Night Live host he was not excited to work with during his time on the show. Taccone, 49, made the comments on Friday's episode of The Daily Beast's podcast Obsessed.
“In general, I liked almost every host that came to SNL,” Taccone said. However, he added that there was one celebrity he “wasn’t super geeked on.” He confessed: “I did not enjoy that, and felt very uncomfortable around him.” Taccone did not elaborate further.
Spacey hosted SNL for the second time in May 2006, with musical guest Nelly Furtado. The actor has faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct since 2017, which he has consistently denied. In 2022, he was cleared in a civil lawsuit brought by actor Anthony Rapp, and in 2023 he was acquitted on all counts in a London trial over nine alleged sex offences.
Last month, Spacey reached civil settlements with three men over further sexual assault allegations. Representatives for Spacey did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Taccone's statement.
Taccone is not the only SNL figure to recall an uncomfortable experience with Spacey. In 2022, Tina Fey revealed that Spacey had flirted with her during his SNL hosting stint, saying at the time: “One time when he was hosting SNL, at the after-party, it was late and Kevin Spacey tried to hit on me.”
