Tom Holland Reveals Why He's Never Hosted 'Saturday Night Live' Despite Being Asked Multiple Times - Just Jared - Celebrity News and Gossip

Tom Holland is explaining why he’s never hosted Saturday Night Live.

The 30-year-old Spider-Man: Brand New Day star recently appeared on Amy Poehler‘s Good Hang podcast where he shared that while he’s been asked “a few times” to host the NBC sketch comedy show, he’s “so petrified” of having to read his lines from cue cards, due to his dyslexia.

“I’m heavily dyslexic, which is one of the reasons why—and I’d love to talk to you today about it, actually—is why I’ve never done SNL,” Tom said. “I’m just so petrified at the concept of, like, trying to read something and they change.”

While Amy speculated that “many dyslexics” must have hosted the show during it’s 51-run season, Tom explained, “It’s just that, for me, I can read fine. But when I have to read out loud, it just becomes, a kind of… it’s like a mental block, and I can freeze.”

“So, for me, my worst day at work is the read-through,” he continued. “At the read-through, I will really try and highlight everything and learn my lines ahead of time, so that I’m more kind of skimming it than I am reading.”

The Odyssey actor added, “I’ve been really lucky that they’ve asked me a few times to do it, and the truth is that I’m actually just really scared at the prospect—I love the show, and I love the idea of having fun and making a fool of yourself in such a fun, creative way. It’s just that thing of the cue cards.”

Amy then playfully noted, “You have to remember, there have been people that have hosted who have been fully on drugs, so I think you can do it.”

Also during their conversation, Tom opened up about his struggles with alcohol.

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