{"id":17280,"date":"2025-06-26T21:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T21:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/17280\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T21:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T21:09:10","slug":"sarah-sherman-learned-her-snl-checks-were-being-sent-to-gilda-radners-estate-i-started-hysterically-sobbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/17280\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Sherman learned her \u201cSNL \u201dchecks were being sent to Gilda Radner’s estate: ‘I started hysterically sobbing’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sarah Sherman<\/a> got a cosmic message from late Saturday Night Live<\/a> alum Gilda Radner<\/a> that cinched her place on the legendary sketch series \u2014 at least, that’s how she sees it.<\/p>\n

During a recent appearance on Vulture’s Good One podcast<\/a>, the SNL cast member shared how a Screen Actors Guild mixup connected her and Radner, one of the show’s most beloved alums<\/a> who was featured from its 1975 premiere to 1980, before she died of ovarian cancer in 1989.<\/p>\n

“I got a giant envelope in the mail,” Sherman recalled, “with a handwritten letter that was like, ‘Hey, I’m Gilda Radner’s brother. Weird thing happened where I’ve been receiving all of your residuals checks for the past few months.'”<\/p>\n

The mistake left Sherman overwhelmed. “I started, like, hysterically sobbing, obviously,” she told host Jesse David Fox. “Because I’m like, ‘Okay, God’s speaking to me right now.’ The fact that my SAG residuals checks had been sent to Gilda Radner’s estate?”<\/p>\n

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Holland Rainwater\/NBC via Getty<\/p>\n

Sarah Sherman on ‘Saturday Night Live’<\/p>\n

The experience spurred Sherman to text her boss, SNL creator Lorne Michaels<\/a>,\u00a0whom she described as using an “economy of words” in his messages.<\/p>\n

“I texted Lorne [and] I was like, ‘Oh my God, my checks have been sent to Gilder Radner’s estate! Isn’t this like a crazy coincidence?” she remembered. “‘I feel like this is like a miracle or like I feel like this is a spirit is talking.'” (Which, upon reflection, she felt was a “schizophrenic” thing to text.)<\/p>\n

And, true to Michaels’ famously concise nature, he responded, “That’s sweet.”<\/p>\n

Sherman has made a name for herself since joining SNL in season 47. While the surrealist comedian is known for her offbeat characters and ribbing Colin Jost at the “Weekend Update” desk, she landed in hot water in April when The White Lotus<\/a>\u00a0star Aimee Lou Wood called out the show for Sherman’s parody of her character, Chelsea<\/a>, sporting a set of very pronounced fake teeth.<\/p>\n

The pre-recorded parody primarily targeted President Donald Trump and his allies in the wake of tariffs upending the global economy. The sketch starred\u00a0James Austin Johnson<\/a>\u00a0as the president,\u00a0Mikey Day<\/a>\u00a0as Donald Trump Jr.,\u00a0Jon Hamm<\/a>\u00a0as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and\u00a0Chloe Fineman<\/a>\u00a0as Melania Trump. Sherman showed up as Wood’s Chelsea, one of only a couple of actual\u00a0White Lotus\u00a0characters present in the sketch, along with\u00a0Lizzo<\/a>‘s portrayal of Natasha Rothwell’s Belinda.<\/p>\n

Wood called the parody “mean” and “unfunny”<\/a>\u00a0on social media, positing that “there must be a cleverer, more nuanced” and “less cheap way” to poke fun. She later shared that there was no bad blood between her and Sherman, the latter of whom apologetically sent Wood flowers<\/a> after the entire ordeal.<\/p>\n

Sign up for Entertainment Weekly<\/a>‘s free daily newsletter<\/a> to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sherman publicly addressed her controversial parody<\/a> for the first time her during an April interview, telling Vanity Fair<\/a> that she felt “terrible” for insulting the season 3 breakout.<\/p>\n

“I was excited to play her because she’s so iconic, her character is so iconic, and I f—ing obviously never meant to hurt anyone’s feelings,” Sherman said. “Never in a million years did I get into comedy to make anyone upset. I feel terrible that anyone would feel bad.”<\/p>\n

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Gilda Radner as Roseanne Roseannadanna on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 1979<\/p>\n

Radner was the first person hired on SNL’s season 1 cast \u2014 known as the Not Ready for Prime Time Players<\/a> \u2014 that also consisted of\u00a0Dan Aykroyd<\/a>,\u00a0John Belushi<\/a>,\u00a0Chevy Chase<\/a>,\u00a0Jane Curtin<\/a>,\u00a0Garrett Morris<\/a>,\u00a0and Laraine Newman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She stayed for five seasons, playing characters like Emily Litella, Roseanne Roseannadanna, Lisa Loopner of “The Nerds,” and Barbara Walters parody, Baba Wawa. Radner won an Emmy for her work on the show.<\/p>\n

After leaving\u00a0SNL\u00a0in a mass cast exodus in 1980, Radner made several movies with future husband\u00a0Gene Wilder,<\/a>\u00a0including\u00a0Hanky Panky, The Woman in Red,\u00a0and\u00a0Haunted Honeymoon.<\/p>\n

She was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer in 1986 and underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy treatment, which took a physical and emotional toll. After a brief period of remission, her cancer returned in 1988, detailing the painful journey in her memoir,\u00a0It’s Always Something.\u00a0She died on May 20, 1989.<\/p>\n

Watch Sherman’s appearance on the Good One podcast above.<\/p>\n

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