Pete Davidson and John Mulaney share lies they told to 'bombed' SNL hosts

Having ran for over five decades, it’s fair to say Saturday Night Live (SNL) has seen its share of incredible hosts. But it’s also had some, shall we say, disappointing ones.

And nobody knows that better than the show’s iconic cast.

Having featured the likes of Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig, the legendary alumni also includes Pete Davidson and John Mulaney.

The pair recently sat down together for a live stage recording of The Pete Davidson Show for Netflix, discussing the staple host monologues.

This is of course a key feature of SNL, as the guests open their episode with the address, written in collaboration with the show’s cast and writers.

Mulaney and Davidson admitted they told their share of lies after celebrity hosts bombed their monologues.

Mulaney would even pretend it was the 'acoustics'. (Netflix)

“When I was 25. I'd tell Oscar-winning hosts, I'd write their monologue and be like, ‘you're going to say all that, it's going to go great’,” Mulaney confessed. “And they'd tank eight times out of ten.”

But Davidson admitted that when they’d get off stage and ‘they know they’ve tanked’ the stars would still be like: “You crushed it.”

“Yeah, they’ll have actor face,” Mulaney continued. “They sort of don’t get it, because they’re just an actor, you know? And they’d be like, ‘Hey, was that good?’ And you’d be like, ‘No. Do you have ears?’”

The pair said they had a number of excuses they’d give to celebrities to try and make them feel better about things.

“What I usually say is, I go, ‘You’re really performing for the people at home,’” Davidson admitted.

“Exactly, yeah,” his fellow alum commented. “Play for the camera. The audience, they're just there to help you, but they're not going to laugh a lot.”

Mulaney and Davidson each experienced their fair share of SNL hosts. (Bruce Glikas/WireImage)

Davidson would even say that the audience were ‘tourists’, despite them famously being ‘big fans of the show’ who would ‘camp outside’ for tickets.

“I’ve tried everything,” Mulaney continued.

“A very big comedy star bombed - his own fault because he was very difficult writing the monologue.”

And when he came off stage, asking if it was bad, the star told him: “It's bad acoustics.”

This is obviously a complete lie as Mulaney added: “It's famously one of the best like mic'd sound studios in the world. It used to be home to the NBC orchestra like it is a perfectly calibrated sounding room.

“But I was like, ‘Bad acoustics homie, what can I tell you?’”

Well, there you go, if you ever find yourself on SNL, maybe don’t trust the cast’s attempts to make you feel better.