Chris Farley Laments Always Being ‘Fat Guy’ in Lost SNL Sketch

In his 2022 memoir Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama, former Saturday Night Live writer Bob Odenkirk had some harsh words for the Chippendales sketch that put Chris Farley on the map.

“I know it confirmed Chris’ worst instincts about being funny, which was how he proved his worth—that getting laughed at was as good as getting a laugh,” Odenkirk wrote. “I feel like I can see it on his face in the moment when he rips his shirt off. Shame and laughter are synthesized in the worst way. F--- that sketch.”

Now, another legendary SNL writer, Robert Smigel, has revealed that if it had been up to him, Farley would have gotten his own chance to address the way that show so often turned his body into a punchline when he came back to host in 1997—less than three months before his overdose death at just 33 years old.

Read more at The Daily Beast.