Bill Murray and Gilda Radner
Radner, the first cast member ever to be hired for Saturday Night Live, starred alongside Murray for their hilarious sketches for “The Nerds” in the ‘70s. The comedians started dating during their show-time, but eventually went their separate ways. After Radner died in 1989 because of cancer, Bill praised his ex-girlfriend for encouraging him to be more confident in Hollywood.
Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson
Fred Armisen and Elisabeth Moss
Moss and Armisen met in 2009 when her Mad Men co-star Jon Hamm hosted the show. They got married soon after, only to divorce in 2010 after only eight months together. Armisen admitted to Howard Stern in 2013 that he had been a very terrible husband to Moss, and the relationship was awful, traumatic, and horrible.
Lindsay Shookus and Ben Affleck
SNL doesn’t play the role of a matchmaker for only those in front of the camera! Lindsay Shookus, an Emmy Award-winning producer on the show, started dating the Batman star in April 2017. It was confirmed that Emmy winner Lindsay, then married to colleague Kevin Miller, and Affleck were secretly dating each other ever since 2014, while Ben was married to Jennifer Garner, with whom he shares three children. They were also spotted looking for apartments together. The couple split in February 2019, briefly reconciled before finally ended it all in April.
