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Topics: Saturday Night Live, Golden Globes, Oscars, Celebrity
Emily Brown
Topics: Saturday Night Live, Golden Globes, Oscars, Celebrity
It's been more than two decades now since Adrien Brody had his first and last hosting gig on Saturday Night Live, and with so much time having passed, some people are only just learning why his performance may have led to him being 'banned'.
Brody's SNL performance has resurfaced after the 51-year-old actor earned a Golden Globe for his performance in The Brutalist, in which he took on the role of László Tóth, an architect who flees post-war Europe with his wife to witness the birth of the modern US.
Brody was honored with the award at the ceremony on January 5, and he took to the stage to show his appreciation to his partner, Georgina Chapman, and his parents.
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In his speech, he said: "I often credit my mother for her influence on me as an artist but dad, you are the foundation of this family, and all the love I receive flows back to you."
The heartfelt speech marks a contrast to the delivery he gave while hosting SNL back in 2003, shortly after he became the youngest-ever Best Actor winner at the Oscars for his role in The Pianist.
During that speech, Brody adopted a dreadlocked wig and attempted to do a Jamaican accent as he introduced the night's guest, Sean Paul.
"We got the whole family in the house, you know," he said before launching into the rest of his introduction, with some of his words more intelligible than others.
Brody hasn't been back to host Saturday Night Live since, and rumors began to circulate which suggested he'd been banned from the show.
One person took to Twitter to re-share the video ahead of the upcoming 2025 Oscars, claiming: "The way Adrien Brody can't even go on SNL as part of his Oscar campaign because he's banned from ever appearing again after going off-script and doing this nonsense."
After seeing the video, another Twitter user wrote: "He didn’t just push the boundaries, he drop-kicked them into another dimension."
Brody himself spoke out on the rumors just last month, when he sat down with Vulture to discuss The Brutalist and his career more generally.
In the interview, Brody admitted the idea for the dreadlocks and Jamaican accent was his own, recalling: "They were all literally agape from me pitching."
Still, the creators decided to go ahead with the idea, but at some points Brody did start to go rogue.
“I think [SNL creator] Lorne [Michaels] wasn’t happy with me embellishing a bit, but they allowed me to. I thought that was a safe space to do that, weirdly," he said.
Though his performance raised some eyebrows, Brody said he hasn't explicitly been 'banned' from the show - at least, not as far as he's aware.
However, he added: "But I also have never been invited back on. So I don’t know what to tell you.”
UNILAD has contacted NBC for comment.