A handful of familiar faces are leaving Saturday Night Live before next season, but veteran funnyman Jason Sudeikis is not sure whether or not he’ll join them.
Barbara Walters (who will retire herself next year) asked Sudeikis about the rumors of his split from SNL when he appeared on Thursday’s episode of The View .
“Yeah, well, I mean … You never leave the show,” said Sudeikis, who was on the show to promote his new animated film Epic .
“You never leave the show. I really believe that,” Sudeikis continued. “I think these last few weeks have shown that, with Kristen [Wiig] coming back to host, [Maya Rudolph has] been back.”
But Walters doubled-down on her grilling of Sudeikis, who still didn’t provide a clear answer.
“I feel honored to be getting hardballed by you!” he said. “I don’t know. I sincerely don’t know at this point.”
He ended with a joke, saying: “I’ll stay if you stay. How about that?”
Rumors of Sudeikis’ split started months ago, though the comic actor still hasn’t given a definitive answer as to whether or not he’ll stick around or depart to focus on his budding film career.
The buzz was reignited this week when castmate Jay Pharaoh sent him a “goodbye” tweet , which was quickly deleted afterwards.
Though Sudeikis is still on the fence, longtime SNL writer Seth Meyers and regulars Bill Hader and Fred Armisen have confirmed that they are not returning, leaving the future of SNL in some doubt .
Still, as Sudeikis rightly pointed out, many former cast members quickly return for hosting gigs, with even Kristen Wiig implying in a recent interview that leaving the NBC comedy sketch show may have been a mistake .
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