Heidi Gardner was afraid to break character on Saturday Night Live because 'I thought I'd get fired'

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Heidi Gardner was afraid to break character on Saturday Night Live because 'I thought I'd get fired'
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'SNL' star Heidi Gardner was afraid to break character like she did during the viral 'Beavis and Butt-Head' sketch because 'I thought I'd get fired.'

The comedian couldn't help laughing during a recent "Beavis and Butt-Head" sketch because costar Mikey Day looked "like a kangaroo."with over five years of experience covering the latest in entertainment. A proud Kingston University alum, Emlyn has written about music, fandom, film, television, and awards for multiple outlets including MTV News,“I just had it in my head I couldn’t do it,” she explained.

“A friend of mine like — you know when you spike the camera? — it’s like, ‘Mikey spiked you, Heidi,’” she recalled. “He spiked me! It’s like his eyes just go… He didn’t look fully human to me. He looks like a kangaroo.” Gardner stars as NewsNation’s Bobbi Moore in the sketch, which centers around a town hall discussion on artificial intelligence. Things quickly go off the rails when she welcomes an expert to the stage who gets distracted upon spotting Gosling's Beavis lookalike in the crowd. Gosling is then moved only for Day’s Butt-Head to take his seat. "I was trying to imagine seeing him in my head so I was prepared for it, but I just couldn’t prepare for what I saw.

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