Betty White To Host Saturday Night Live May 8
Betty White’s facebook fan club just got their wish. Six-time Emmy winner Betty White will be hosting Saturday Night Live on Mother’s Day weekend, May 8. The SNL episode will also feature former SNL actors Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Molly Shannon, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.
According to the official SNL press release, Creator and Executive Producer of SNL Lorne Michaels said “I can’t think of a better way to spend Mother’s Day weekend than with Betty White”.
The announcement of White’s hosting duties followed a Facebook campaign urging SNL to have White host the show, attracting nearly half-a-million campaign members.
Betty White has been in show business over 70 years and is best known for her roles in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls. White recently received the 2010 SAG Lifetime Achievement Award. She was seen in the romantic-comedy feature film The Proposal starring Oscar winner Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, and will appear this fall in the film You Again, starring Kristin Bell.
The combination of the legendary Betty White with SNL alumni should make it a show you won’t want to miss. Catch Betty White hosting SNL Saturday, May 8 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT, check your local listings.
