Actor Bill Hader revealed the real reason that he did not attend the star-studded prime time special celebrating the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live.” Hint: It wasn’t scheduling conflicts as previously stated by his representative .

During an appearance Monday on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” Hader said that comedian Andy Samberg called with an idea for a digital short about the anxiety everyone on “SNL” goes through. The star behind characters like Stefon said he told Samberg that he wasn’t sure he wanted to do that because he’s anxious.

Instead, Bowen Yang starred in the short film that aired during the special.

“And he was great,” Hader said.

Hader and Meyers both joked that another reason he did not make an appearance during the “SNL” special was because he had

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