Damon Wayans recalls his controversial SNL sketch and firing in 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.

SNL cast member A. Whitney Brown defended Lorne's decision to fire Damon by explaining, "You cannot go rogue, you cannot try to steal a sketch. A lot of people don't know this about Saturday Night Live, but the actual amount of improvisation on that show is miniscule, maybe one line a year, I would bet one line every five years."

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

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,

Damon Wayans is opening up about his reason for ... The actor and comedian appeared on the Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, where he looked back at his time on the sketch ...

Damon Wayans has no hard feelings about getting ... The comedian recalled the incident that led to his firing in Peacock’s “SNL 50” docuseries, saying that the moment that ultimately got ...

Damon Wayans was a cast member during season 11 of SNL, when the show had an overhaul on existing stars participating.

Chris Rock said, "I had these instances where they wanted me to do certain things at SNL. I was like, 'No, I'm not doing it.'"

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