Chris Redd: SNL, Kanye and ‘Why Am I Like This?’

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🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

It was never Chris Redd’s dream to be on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ And yet the rapper-turned-comedian seemed to just be hitting his stride on that show when it was abruptly announced less than two weeks before the 48th season premiere that he was leaving the cast. In this episode, the comedian unpacks the mysterious circumstances surrounding his departure and talks about grabbing the spotlight for himself in his new HBO Max stand-up special ‘Why Am I Like This?’ Redd also shares the gory details from the attack outside of the Comedy Cellar in New York that recently landed him in the hospital and weighs in on the controversy surrounding Kanye West, who he memorably portrayed on SNL and was apparently not a fan of his impression.

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0:00.0	I'm always up before the birds and the kids.
0:02.9	Good thing Costa Express is always up too.
0:07.0	Early starts are easier with great coffee.
0:09.7	And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company.
0:14.5	Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep.
0:17.2	Oh, you legend.
0:19.6	Now that's a proper coffee.
0:21.3	Should kick in Justin Samfut to remember which end of the screwdriver to use.
0:25.1	Hmm.
0:26.3	Costa Express.
0:27.8	Quality coffee every time.
0:32.1	During his five years as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, my guest on this week's show was probably best known for this impression.
0:40.4	We've got an amazing lunch to get to,
0:42.2	but first I'm sure that Connie wants to make one or two brief lucid remarks,
0:48.1	Scott.
0:49.1	First, let me begin with the idea that time is a myth
0:53.3	of infinite amounts of universe, and I'm a prisoner
0:56.7	in a different dimension. Have I lost anyone so far? Okay, so I'm going to talk about
1:04.6	trap doors. Like the 13th Amendment is a trap door, and if you're installing a floor,
1:09.5	okay, aka the Constitution, why would you build a trap door
1:12.6	where you could end up with the Unabomber?
1:14.6	Oh, this guy might be cuckoo.
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