Eugene Levy Surprises Dan Levy During SNL Hosting Debut

Dan Levy made his SNL hosting debut last night (Feb. 6).

 

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Along with Dan’s amazing SNL appearance, he kicked off the show with a powerful monologue:

“Somewhere, my 13-year-old self has fainted in like a really needy, melodramatic way.  The past 12 months have quite literally changed [his] life in so many ways, but said there were ups and downs to his life in the limelight.  People finally started watching our show Schitt’s Creek and [we] were fortunate enough to win nine Emmys this year. Beyond a dream come true.  The good: I have been getting stopped on the street by all different kinds of people, which is new and fun and different.  The not so good: those people are mainly screaming ‘Ew!’ at me, which was a line I wrote for the show that will now haunt me for the rest of my life.  But in all seriousness, for all the good and the not so good, I have somehow found myself here on this iconic stage standing in front of all of you. And trust me when I say this, it has only been good here at SNL.”

 

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During his monologue, Dan was interrupted by his father, Eugene Levy.

 

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Hours before Dan hit the SNL stage, his mother, Deborah Divine, shared a heartfelt message on her Twitter page, dedicated to her son, “This goes out to the bully punks at Camp WTF who made life miserable for a certain cabin-mate back in the the summer of ’96 – just because he was different. Well, after all these years I have just 7 words to say to you: “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”” Dan responded with, “This.  Love you, mom.”