Critics Pan Lindsay Lohan on 'Saturday Night Live': Worst SNL Host Ever?
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2012/03/05 13:00:00
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January Jones
Jones was panned for her 2009 gig hosting SNL, especially the sketch where she played a flatulent Grace Kelly.
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Lindsay Lohan
Lohan's opening monologue started off strong, with the actress gamely joking about her legal and substance abuse problems, but she stumbled over her lines while playing herself in the "Scared Straight" sketch.
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January Jones
Jones was panned for her 2009 gig hosting SNL, especially the sketch where she played a flatulent Grace Kelly.
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Paris Hilton
Tina Fey told Howard Stern that Hilton was "a piece of shit" as a host who had hair "like a Fraggle." Ouch!
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Michael Phelps
As Time.com put it, the Olympic swimmer "stumbled multiple times while trying to read his cue cards" during his 2008 hosting gig.
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Robert De Niro
De Niro flubbed his lines in his 2010 appearance on SNL, but got laughs for dressing in drag as "Blizzard Man" Andy Samberg's mom (with the hots for Diddy).
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Nancy Kerrigan
As the DailyFill Blog put it, the figure skater "managed to ruin an entire episode by not being able to act or even having a sense of humor" during her 1994 appearance.
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Andrew Dice Clay
Critics were upset with SNL for booking the misogynist comedian in 1990 -- but they had the last laugh when he wasn't funny at all.
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Steven Seagal
According to Nerve.com, the 1991 host "seemed to have no understanding of what this thing called 'funny' was."
Critics Pan Lindsay Lohan on 'Saturday Night Live': Worst SNL Host Ever?
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Lindsay Lohan attempted to kick off her "comeback" by hosting "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend -- and while the ratings were kind, the critics were not.
The opening monologue started off strong, with Lohan gamely joking about her legal and substance abuse problems. Sadly, it was mostly downhill from there, particularly when Lohan stumbled over her lines while playing herself in the "Scared Straight" sketch. (Warning: Contains offensive language.)
Entertainment Weekly wondered if Lohan was the worst host of the year; The Washington Post said the actress "didn't fully reclaim her status as a young comic performer worthy of casting in major Hollywood projects." But TVLine blamed the writers as much as the host. "Unfortunately for the troubled actress, however, there's only so much one can do with setups built around prison-rape jokes or the sight of Fred Armisen in drag getting repeatedly hit by a car."
Nevertheless -- perhaps in hopes of witnessing a train wreck -- viewers tuned in to see Lohan. Saturday's episode was number one in its time slot and the second most-viewed SNL of the season, "The Insider" reports. From Lohan to January Jones, click through our slideshow and let us know: Who's the worst SNL host ever?
The opening monologue started off strong, with Lohan gamely joking about her legal and substance abuse problems. Sadly, it was mostly downhill from there, particularly when Lohan stumbled over her lines while playing herself in the "Scared Straight" sketch. (Warning: Contains offensive language.)
Entertainment Weekly wondered if Lohan was the worst host of the year; The Washington Post said the actress "didn't fully reclaim her status as a young comic performer worthy of casting in major Hollywood projects." But TVLine blamed the writers as much as the host. "Unfortunately for the troubled actress, however, there's only so much one can do with setups built around prison-rape jokes or the sight of Fred Armisen in drag getting repeatedly hit by a car."
Nevertheless -- perhaps in hopes of witnessing a train wreck -- viewers tuned in to see Lohan. Saturday's episode was number one in its time slot and the second most-viewed SNL of the season, "The Insider" reports. From Lohan to January Jones, click through our slideshow and let us know: Who's the worst SNL host ever?
Top Opinion
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glass_butterfly ~YSU~ 2012/03/06 04:23:43
LIFE, THEY LOST THEIR SENSE-OF-HUMOR, WHICH MAY BE THE VITAL SECRET
THAT HAS PROPELLED THEM THERE.
If any talent was there....has long been gone.
I haven't watched it since Eddy Murphy quit.
Nancy was truly just bad, the Dice man not much better.
Steven Seagal: funny for the wrong reason is still funny.
Lindsay wasn't great, but her boobs were fantastic. They were the stars of the show.