(Photo by Rich Polk\/Getty Images for IMDb)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nChris Redd dealt with \u2018pill problem\u2019 during \u2018SNL\u2019 years<\/h2>\n At one point in the video, Redd admitted to substance abuse issues and revealed that he sold drugs to multiple SNL castmates.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing too crazy, but crazy for my black a-s,\u201d Redd said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was even selling some to the people, to some of my castmates. I\u2019m not gonna snitch on y\u2019all motherf\u2013kers man,\u201d he continued, adding:<\/p>\n
\u201cBottom line is, while I was at the show, I had some pill issues, I got some pill problems \u2014 nothing too crazy, but crazy for my Black a-s, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n
Redd opens up about relationship with Kenan Thompson\u2019s ex<\/h2>\n Without naming names, Redd went on to state that he received little support from his castmates, and on more than one occasion, he heard them \u201ctalking sh-t\u201d about his behavior.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey wouldn\u2019t help me,\u201d Redd claimed. <\/p>\n
\u201cI would have panic attacks, wouldn\u2019t be concerned about me or nothing. Just would talk shit. It\u2019s crazy how somebody would watch you destroy yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Redd says he did<\/em> receive support from co-star Kenan Thompson\u2019s then-wife, Christina Evangeline.<\/p>\nChristina Evangeline and Chris Redd attend Patricia Field Hosts Senior Dog Rescue Runway Show at Flying Solo in Soho on April 14, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThompson filed for divorce from Evangeline in June of 2022, after more than a decade of marriage. She began formally dating Redd in September of that year.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe helped me with my therapy journey, and she told me things about her life that made me look at a lot of people involved differently,\u201d Redd explained. \u201cAnd in that time, we fell in love.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Page Six<\/a>, Evangeline and Thompson had been living \u201cseparate lives\u201d since 2019, and there was \u201cno overlap\u201d between relationships.<\/p>\nStill, for obvious reasons, the situation did irreparable damage to Chris\u2019 friendship with Kenan.<\/p>\nKenan Thompson and Chris Redd attends the 2018 Creative Arts Emmys Day 2 at Microsoft Theater on September 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI really love everything me and Kenan did, bro. I really appreciated every piece of work we put together,\u201d Redd said this week, adding:<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that we were a great team, and I hate doing something to somebody that I know would hurt them. I don\u2019t feel player for this s\u2013t at all. But I did choose love.\u201d<\/p>\n
Redd when on to suggest that his abrupt departure from SNL was a consequence of the relationship. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut I was in love, and I was spiraling out,\u201d he added. \u201cBy the time everybody found out \u2014 the world found out \u2014 I was out of there, SNL, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n
These days, Redd is still working in comedy, with a new special, \u201cCaveat,\u201d set to debut on January 28.<\/p>\n
Not surprisingly, Kenan has yet to publicly comment on his former friend\u2019s confessions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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