Bill Hader Reveals Why ‘Saturday Night Live’s’ Stefon Always Covered His Face (Video)

Stefon became a staple of Weekend Update on “Saturday Night Live,” cementing a relationship between then-host Seth Meyers and Bill Hader, who played the flamboyant lunatic who knew all of New York’s hottest clubs. When Hader appeared on Meyer’s “Late Night” on Monday, they reminisced about the genesis of the character.

“I did do it once on-air with Ben Affleck as a sketch, and it barely worked,” Hader said of Stefon. “It was a long walk to get to what the sketch was about.”

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Meyer concurred that it was much easier to simply introduce him at the Weekend Update desk and then let him do his thing, which included outlandishly insane descriptions of New York hot-spots that we hope never existed.