Reese Witherspoon is opening up about the difficult decision to host the first Saturday Night Live episode after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The Oscar winner recently chatted with Dax Shepard on his Armchair Expert podcast about her debut SNL hosting experience more than two decades ago, saying, “I would give that zero stars. Do not recommend.”

Witherspoon, who was coming off the box office success of Legally Blonde that summer, admitted it was “just too much responsibility for a 24-year-old girl.” However, her “Southern and military ethics” prevented her from turning down SNL creator Lorne Michaels when he asked.

Reese Witherspoon is opening up about the difficult decision to host the first Saturday Night Live episode after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist

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