Lorne Michaels Banned Chris Farley From ‘SNL’ for ‘Weeks at a Time’ to Help Him Get Off ‘the Drinking and the Drugs’: He ‘Clearly Had Addiction Issues’
On Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, as shared by Entertainment Weekly, Susan Morrison – the writer of “Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live” – mentioned that Lorne Michaels tightened up on the cast’s substance use following John Belushi’s passing due to an overdose in 1982. This was a change I noticed and appreciated, as it helped create a safer environment for everyone involved with SNL.