We’ve all accomplished embarrassing issues within the hopes of impressing our teen crushes. For Malcolm within the Center’s Frankie Muniz, the worth of pet love concerned snubbing Lorne Michaels.
Throughout a current look on Joe Vulpis’ Lightweights podcast, Muniz revealed that he was approached to host Saturday Evening Dwell again in 2000, a pitch that originally confused the then 14-year-old star. “‘It’s big,’” Muniz remembered FOX govt Gail Berman telling him after he requested what SNL was. “‘You’ll be one of many youngest folks ever, it’s this massive deal.’”
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Muniz was on board to make SNL historical past till he realized that his Studio 8H debut would battle with one other necessary occasion: the Youngsters’ Alternative Awards. Earlier than listening to from Michaels and firm, the actor had beforehand agreed to co-host the Nickelodeon awards present alongside his then-crush, fellow baby star Amanda Bynes. “I used to be like, ‘I’m gonna meet Amanda Bynes,’” he defined. “Big deal.”
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Staring down two main TV gigs, Muniz did what most teenage boys would do on this scenario, and let his crush on the actress function the tiebreaker. “I’m like, ‘Oh hell no, I’m going to the Youngsters’ Alternative Awards,’” he advised Vulpis. “‘I don’t care, I’m assembly Amanda Bynes on the Youngsters’ Alternative Awards.’”
Muniz didn’t say that precisely, although. As a substitute, the actor insisted that he needed to stay with the Youngsters’ Alternative Awards out of a way of obligation and dedication to Nickelodeon, a solution that also did not please his dad and mom and TV bosses. “For a couple of week and a half, I had each govt, each producer, all people within the historical past of FOX TV, Regency TV, going ‘What are you doing? You don’t perceive,’” Muniz recalled.
However for probably the most half, it labored out. “I met Amanda Bynes, briefly,” he joked.
Little one stars: They’re similar to our teenage selves.
