Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Host Star-Studded ‘SNL50’ Q&A: Ryan Reynolds Teases Legal Trouble, Adam Driver Scowls and Cher Reigns

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunited at the “SNL50” anniversary celebration for a star-studded segment framed around a Q&A segment in which they took “Saturday Night Live” questions from the audience.

Among the audience members they called on were Ryan Reynolds, Cher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Quinta Brunson, Jon Hamm and Tim Meadows.

“Ryan Reynolds, how’s it going?” asked Fey and Poehler, to which he answered innocently, “Why? Have you heard something?” appearing to reference the recent Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni legal controversy. Reynolds went on to ask whether the material the Coneheads’ heads were made from was edible, and Fey and Poehler decided it was almost certainly very toxic.

The segment included a direct mention to the question that has swirled around “Saturday Night Live,” especially as the show has had a rebound in popularity over the past decade: When will Lorne Michaels retire?

The question was delivered by NFL great Peyton Manning, who retired in 2016. Fey and Poehler were quick to assert that Michaels will “never” retire – a wink to insiders as both “SNL” alums have been mentioned as possible successors to the throne. Manning, who has been busier than ever in his post-gridiron life, told them he wanted to assure Michaels that “getting old sucks. I hate being retired.”

Other questions included Brunson asking Meadows what he said to Sade in March 1993, while Meadows answered “Sade, you want to drink some Zima with me in my dressing room? We can play ‘Mortal Kombat’ and watch the new Menendez trial.”

A Jon Lovitz fan asked why he was seated “across the street at the American Girl store.”

“You were going to be seated in the studio, but then Julia Louis-Dreyfus asked to bring her service dog. Yeah, sorry, Jon, it’s a medical thing. You really need that dog, right, Julia,” said Poehler.

Louis-Dreyfus went on to describe the setting for her dog, who she said was blind. “That intense energy you feel coming from your side? That’s Adam Driver,” she said. “He’s pretending he’s not attracted to me.”