
‘SNL’ Star Facing Backlash After Confessing to ‘Pantsing’ a 6-Year-Old Boy
April 7, 2026
The Daily Beast
Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC via Getty ImagesA top member of the Saturday Night Live cast has sparked controversy after revealing she was fired as a camp counselor for pulling down a young boy’s pants as a prank. Chloe Fineman, who joined the show in 2019, made the shock confession in a March 31 video for Vanity Fair, titled “SNL Cast Test How Well They Know Each Other,” which also featured co-stars Sarah Sherman, Mikey Day, Ashley Padilla, James Austin Johnson, and Jane Wickline.

Fineman asked the others whether they knew what job she’d lost at the age of 16. After fielding different guesses, such as that she’d made a racist comment, she finally spilled the beans. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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