That’s so fetch.
Tina Fey, 54, praised her old boss Lorne Michaels as “irreplaceable” after he suggested that the “Saturday Night Live” alum “could easily” take over the iconic sketch show when he retires.
“He’s irreplaceable,” Fey told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. “His set of gifts and skills are entirely unique. His eye for talent! He’s one of the last three people in show business who actually understand everything. I’ll leave it at that.”
Fey did not comment on whether she’d take the job if given the opportunity.
The “30 Rock” creator added that it was “nice of him” to give her the shout-out, but doesn’t think the 80-year-old comedy executive should exit the gig just yet.
Fey was in talks to take over as the future showrunner once the visionary producer decided to retire, a source exclusively told The Post in July 2023.
Michaels, who has been leading “SNL” since its inception in 1975, said that Fey is “brilliant” and would be a great successor, but the multi-talented wordsmith was not the only person who would be considered for the position.
“It could easily be Tina Fey, but you know, there are a lot of people who are there now who are also, you know,” Michaels told Entertainment Tonight on the 2024 Emmy Awards red carpet.
“I will say that I feel like there are very few things that Tina wouldn’t do well in this world,” her longtime collaborator and former “SNL” cast member Amy Poehler told The Hollywood Reporter.
The trailblazing showrunner hasn’t announced plans to retire from the NBC comedy show, but previously hinted that he could hand over the reins after the 50th Anniversary, which was held in February.
“I have a feeling that’d be a really good time to leave,” Michaels told CBS Mornings in 2021. “But here’s the point: I won’t want the show ever to be bad. I care too deeply about it. It’s been my life’s work. So I’m gonna do everything I can to see it carry on and carry on well.”
The nine-time Emmy winner worked as a receptionist at a YMCA to pay for improv classes at “The Second City” before Michaels hired her to be a writer in New York City in 1997.
Two years later, Fey quickly became “SNL’s” head writer.
Shortly after the promotion, she became a “Weekend Update” co-anchor with Jimmy Fallon and eventually Poehler.
The comedian left the late night sketch show in 2006 and went on to write the cult film “Mean Girls and create shows like “30 Rock” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” as she continued her career on screen appearing in movies like “Sisters,” “Muppets Most Wanted” and “Only Murders in the Building.”
