SNL’s Cecily Strong Learned She Got the Job From Reading the N.Y. Times

New Weekend Update co-anchor discusses preparing for her first segment

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Who Cecily Strong

Age 29

New gig SNL repertory player and Weekend Update co-anchor

Old gig Featured player on Saturday Night Live

What was the process like for getting the Weekend Update spot?

We try to keep it from being too much of a competitive atmosphere. I had a meeting with Lorne [Michaels] for drinks in June, and he told me that he wanted me to [anchor Weekend Update]. It was wonderful, but I didn’t think much of it at first because a lot of things around here … I’m like, “I’ll believe it when I see it.”

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