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Thompson recalls Jackson's most recent 'SNL' appearance on ’The Tonight Show'.
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00:00He's been mad at me for that. So my bad, bro. You know what I'm saying? I didn't think he was going to do it like that.
00:05Kenan Thompson is clearing the air after Samuel L. Jackson claimed the SNL star got him banned from the show.
00:11Thompson was a guest on The Tonight Show on Thursday where host Jimmy Fallon brought up Jackson's comments.
00:16During a March appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show, Jackson recalled to guest host Leslie Jones
00:21that he used the F-word during a live SNL sketch that aired in December of 2012.
00:26I want to thank my guest, the incredible Samuel L. Jackson.
00:29Man, hey! Also! Come on, Sam!
00:36Jackson lightheartedly claimed to Jones that Thompson is the reason he's now banned from the show,
00:41saying he didn't cut me off soon enough and I said the forbidden word on television.
00:45Thompson, during his appearance, then shared his side of the What Up With That sketch
00:49that featured Jackson playing himself in a cameo.
00:52He dropped the F-bomb on the show, but he says I was supposed to cut him off before that.
00:56But the cue card, it was just an F on the cue card. It wasn't like the whole word.
01:00Oh, yeah.
01:00Thompson said the first time may have been no harm done.
01:03Then he doubled down and said it again. I was like, yo, my man, we got to pay for those.
01:06Thompson said he wouldn't have the authority to keep a star off the show,
01:10and from what he's heard, Jackson would be welcome back anytime.
01:13Hey, Sam.
01:15It's all good, bro.
01:16You're welcome anytime from what I've been hearing.
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