Heidi Gardner advocated for Kelce to host for years even before he was publicly dating the world's biggest pop star.

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Lorne Michaels said Travis Kelce could host ‘SNL’ on one pretty big condition

Travis Kelce had someone at Saturday Night Live pulling for him. 
	SNL repertory player Heidi Gardner recently revealed on an episode of Amanda Hirsch’s Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast that she campaigned for the Kansas City Chiefs tight end to host the NBC late-night sketch show for a while — something executive producer and creator Lorne Michaels eventually agreed to on one condition. 
	“The biggest swing I ever did in that department, and it d…

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Heidi Gardner Campaigned “A Couple Years” For Travis Kelce To Host ‘SNL’

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Heidi Gardner explained that she'd been wanting Travis Kelce to host SNL for years, and Lorne Michaels said he could if he won the Super Bowl. Then he did.

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Heidi Gardner Told The Story Behind Getting Travis Kelce To Host SNL And Revealed The One Requirement Lorne Michaels Gave Her

Saturday Night Live star Heidi Gardner says she lobbied Lorne Michaels hard to get Travis Kelce on the sketch-comedy show as a host.

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Heidi Gardner Campaigned Lorne Michaels for “a Couple Years” to Invite Travis Kelce to Host ‘SNL’

Travis Kelce's hosting gig on Saturday Night Live in March 2023 wasn't a fluke. It was the culmination of years of advocacy from SNL cast member Heidi Gardner, who is a Kansas City native as well as a lifelong Chiefs fan. On Amanda Hirsch's Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, Gardner revealed that she had been campaigning for Kelce to host the show for a long time. Finally, executive producer and creator Lorne Michaels agreed with her—on one conditi…

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Heidi Gardner Reveals Her Persistence Brought Travis Kelce to the SNL Stage After Years

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Travis Kelce had someone at Saturday Night Live pulling for him. SNL repertory player Heidi Gardner recently revealed on an episode of Amanda Hirsch’s Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast that she campaigned for the Kansas City Chiefs tight end to host the NBC late-night sketch show for a while — something executive producer and creator Lorne Michaels eventually agreed to on one condition. “The biggest swing I ever did in that department, and it did w…

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Gardner thought Michaels was putting "so much pressure" on Kelce, but the Chiefs tight end rose to the challenge.Will Heath/NBC via Getty Heidi Gardner and Travis Kelce on 'Saturday Night Live'Heidi Gardner knew it would be tough getting Travis Kelce onto Saturday Night Live as a host, but she never expected Lorne Michaels to make it quite so difficult."The biggest swing I ever did in that department, and it did work, but it took a couple years,…

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Heidi Gardner spent years trying to get Travis Kelce to host 'SNL' but Lorne Michaels had 1 condition

In 2023, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce hosted Saturday Night Live, joining the ranks of game NFL players like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Joe Montana. It, by most accounts, went well; our recapper Trae DeLellis went so far as to call it the best episode of the season at that point, praising how Kelce was able to “celebrate his recent triumph while also checking all ego at the door.” The fact that Kelce did so well likely came as n…

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Heidi Gardner spent “years” trying to get Travis Kelce on Saturday Night Live

In March 2023, Travis Kelce hosted Saturday Night Live. He was far from the first prominent athlete to do so, but he had a significant advantage over most of the professional athletes who have hosted SNL: a combination of onscreen charisma and excellent comic timing. (I’m particularly fond of his appearance in a Please Don’t Destroy video as a self-esteem instructor.)In retrospect, Kelce’s hosting gig seems to be the opening move in a push to en…

Lorne Michaels said Travis Kelce could host ‘SNL’ on one pretty big condition

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