SNL got Kanye West to replace Ariana Grande after she dropped out of the season premiere

Us Weekly

“We had Ariana drop out for emotional reasons two days ago,” Lorne Michaels said on SNL historian James Andrew Miller's Origins podcast, which was taped earlier this month but released on Thursday. Saturday Night Live announced Adam Driver as host and West as musical guest on Sept. 17. "Kanye stepped up, and he’ll be there," Michael said. "So, the reach of the show and the number of people who will step forward is now somehow now, I think, probably at its peak.” A source tells Us Weekly, however, that while there were discussions about having the singer perform during the upcoming season, she was “was never booked to perform during this weekend’s premiere.” Grande has been dating SNL cast member Pete Davidson since May. ALSO: How will SNL cover the Pete Davidson-Ariana Grande romance?