'SNL' alum Chris Redd gets candid about 'pill issues,' dating Kenan Thompson's ex-wife

Former “Saturday Night Live” formed subordinate Chris Redd is acceptable to beryllium much unfastened and susceptible successful 2026. He committed to the solution by publicizing revelations astir his “pill issues” and his narration with comedian Kenan Thompson’s ex-wife.

“I saw everything that everybody said. Every azygous happening everybody said, I saw it,” Redd said successful an affectional Instagram video shared Tuesday.

The 40-year-old comedian, whose tenure connected the NBC sketch bid lasted from 2017 to 2022, spoke candidly astir however his “pill problems” during his clip connected “SNL” led to his narration with Thompson’s ex-wife, Christina Evangeline, whom helium did not sanction successful his video. Redd explained successful his video that the idiosyncratic woes anterior to his exit successful September 2022 were a “very unique, nuanced happening that happened.”

In summation to struggling with substance abuse, the “Power Book III: Raising Kanan” histrion said successful his video that helium sold pills to chap “SNL” formed members. He kept their identities concealed, assuring them helium wouldn’t “snitch connected y’all.”

Redd, who said helium suffered panic attacks down the scenes, claimed his formed mates would speech astir him down his backmost and showed nary interest for his health. “It’s brainsick that idiosyncratic would ticker you destruct yourself,” helium said.

Evangeline, Redd simply called her “this lady,” was the lone idiosyncratic to promote him to question attraction and therapy, helium said. Her enactment and their bonding led to them falling successful love.

“I felt atrocious from the start,” Redd said, adding that the narration was an “emotional double-edged sword” fixed his collaborations with Emmy-winning “SNL” fixture Thompson.

He added: “I hatred doing thing to idiosyncratic that I cognize would wounded them.”

Thompson filed to divorcement Evangeline successful 2022 aft much than a decennary of marriage. They stock 2 young daughters. That aforesaid year, Redd near “SNL” and personage gossip relationship Deuxmoi posted a unsighted point speculating connected the circumstances of his departure. TMZ besides reported connected Redd and Evangeline’s romance, noting “there was nary overlap oregon cheating” erstwhile the brace got together.

Redd said successful his video that helium chose love, though it made him “look unspeakable to radical that I emotion and a batch of my fans.” The comedian spoke astir his therapy revelations (“I realized I’m much bittersweet than angry”) and assured followers helium doesn’t consciousness “cool” astir dating Thompson’s ex-wife. Still, helium said, Evangeline was idiosyncratic who made him “feel similar I didn’t cognize what emotion was and I conscionable felt similar I couldn’t miss retired connected it.”

Though Redd acknowledged determination was astir apt different mode to equilibrium his relationship with Thompson and his narration with Evangeline, helium said, “I was successful emotion and I was spiraling out.”

Redd was known connected “SNL” for his impressions of salient figures specified arsenic erstwhile New York City Mayor Eric Adams and rapper Kanye “Ye” West. In caller years, helium turned his absorption backmost to stand-up drama and is promoting an upcoming task acceptable for Jan. 28.