Tina Fey responds to Lorne Michaels’ suggestion that she ‘could easily’ take over ‘Saturday Night Live’

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Tina Fey, 54, praised her aged leader Lorne Michaels arsenic “irreplaceable” aft he suggested that nan “Saturday Night Live” alum “could easily” return complete nan iconic sketch show erstwhile he retires.

“He’s irreplaceable,” Fey told The Hollywood Reporter connected Wednesday. “His group of gifts and skills are wholly unique. His oculus for talent! He’s 1 of nan past 3 group successful show business who really understand everything. I’ll time off it astatine that.”

Fey did not remark connected whether she’d return nan occupation if fixed nan opportunity.

The “30 Rock” creator added that it was “nice of him” to springiness her nan shout-out, but doesn’t deliberation nan 80-year-old drama executive should exit nan gig conscionable yet.

Fey was successful talks to return complete arsenic nan early showrunner erstwhile nan visionary shaper decided to retire, a root exclusively told The Post successful July 2023.

Michaels, who has been starring “SNL” since its inception successful 1975, said that Fey is “brilliant” and would beryllium a awesome successor, but nan multi-talented wordsmith was not nan only personification who would beryllium considered for nan position.

“It could easy beryllium Tina Fey, but you know, location are a batch of group who are location now who are also, you know,” Michaels told Entertainment Tonight on nan 2024 Emmy Awards reddish carpet.

“I will opportunity that I consciousness for illustration location are very fewer things that Tina wouldn’t do good successful this world,” her longtime collaborator and erstwhile “SNL” formed personnel Amy Poehler told The Hollywood Reporter.

The trailblazing showrunner hasn’t announced plans to discontinue from nan NBC drama show, but antecedently hinted that he could manus complete nan reins aft nan 50th Anniversary, which was held successful February.

“I person a emotion that’d beryllium a really good clip to leave,” Michaels told CBS Mornings successful 2021. “But here’s nan point: I won’t want nan show ever to beryllium bad. I attraction excessively profoundly astir it. It’s been my life’s work. So I’m gonna do everything I tin to spot it transportation connected and transportation connected well.”

The nine-time Emmy victor worked arsenic a receptionist astatine a YMCA to salary for improv classes astatine “The Second City” earlier Michaels hired her to beryllium a writer successful New York City successful 1997.

Two years later, Fey quickly became “SNL’s” caput writer.

Shortly aft nan promotion, she became a “Weekend Update” co-anchor pinch Jimmy Fallon and yet Poehler.

The comedian near nan precocious nighttime sketch show successful 2006 and went connected to constitute nan cult movie “Mean Girls and create shows for illustration “30 Rock” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” arsenic she continued her profession connected surface appearing successful movies for illustration “Sisters,” “Muppets Most Wanted” and “Only Murders successful nan Building.”