Damon Wayans has revealed how he “purposely” got himself fired from “Saturday Night Live” by going off script. Wayans was a cast member for Season 11 of the sketch comedy series, which has been deemed “the weird year,

Wayans basically “broke the ultimate [ SNL] golden rule, which is no surprises,” according to Live From New York author James Andrew Miller. Former writer A. Whitney Brown added, “You cannot go rogue. You cannot try to steal a sketch.”

Damon Wayans is opening up about his short stint on Saturday Night Live and the sketch that got him fired from the NBC late-night sketch show. The actor appears on Peacock’s docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night,

Damon Wayans has no hard feelings about getting fired from “Saturday Night Live” back in Season 11 – mostly because he wanted to be let go from the sketch show.

Damon Wayans is opening up on the circumstances surrounding his firing from “Saturday Night Live” in 1986, admitting he “purposely” got himself canned.

Wayans is one of many funny people looking back at the weekly late-night staple's place in comedy history in the Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night. Recalling his time on season 11 in the fourth episode, “Season 11: The Weird Year," Wayans said he didn't feel a lot of nerves about auditioning or making the cast — at first.

Damon Wayans Jr. revealed that he was unhappy on Saturday Night Live in the new documentary SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night.

Comedian Damon Wayans appears as a sort of ghost from Saturday Night Live’s past in the new Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night to explain why he “went rogue” and “wanted [Lorne Michaels] to fire me” after his brief stint during the show’s notoriously troubled 1985-1986 season of the show.

Getting fired from "Saturday Night Live" usually spells career disaster. But for Damon Wayans, getting the boot was exactly what he wanted.

Beyond Saturday Night” docuseries that he sabotaged his stint on “Saturday Night Live” in frustration over the sketch roles he was being offered. (Watch the video below.) The matter came to a boil when Wayans went rogue during a sketch called “Mr.

“Damon starts doing his lines like a very effeminate gay guy,” Lovitz recalled. “I purposely did that because I wanted [Lorne Michaels] to fire me,” Wayans admitted. Griffin Dunne, who hosted that episode and was in the sketch, said, “I thought ...

Damon Wayans is opening up about his short stint ... I purposefully did that because I wanted [Michaels] to fire me.” Lorne Michaels said firing Wayans was “really, really hard, but it had ...