{"id":252563,"date":"2026-06-02T19:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/252563\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T19:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:29:09","slug":"nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdanis-lifelong-dream-is-to-be-on-snl-as-pals-campaign-for-him-to-guest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/252563\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s \u2018Lifelong Dream\u2019 Is to Be on \u2018SNL\u2019 as Pals \u2018Campaign\u2019 for Him to Guest"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> is apparently hoping to go live from Studio 8H.<\/p>\n

A Tuesday, June 2, Page Six<\/a> report claims that Mamdani\u2019s \u201clifelong dream is to be on SNL.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, whether or not the 34-year-old politician will get a chance to take on 30 Rock is still to be determined, since creator Lorne Michaels<\/a> reportedly turned him down in the past.<\/p>\n

Now, according to Page Six, friends of the mayor are trying to put the bug in Michaels\u2019 ear. \u201cIt\u2019s a whisper campaign,\u201d a source told the publication. \u201cMamdani isn\u2019t asking directly, it\u2019s more clandestine. People who know the Mayor<\/a> are mentioning it to Lorne and others at NBC.\u201d<\/p>\n

While a source close to Mamdani said \u201cthere has been no formal ask made<\/a>\u201d and a rep for Saturday Night Live said that \u201cnothing has come our way,\u201d Page Six reported that Mamdani was previously pitched to appear during his campaign.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMamdani was pitched, but ultimately for creative reasons<\/a>, they went with comedians instead,\u201d a source told the publication at the time.<\/p>\n

Mamdani is no stranger to a joke. During his election campaign, he corrected former governor<\/a> Andrew Cuomo<\/a> on the pronunciation of his name, saying, \u201cFurthermore, the name is Mamdani: M-A-M-D-A-N-I. You should learn how to say it because we got to get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sound went viral on TikTok<\/a> after being mixed with Gwen Stefani<\/a>\u2018s \u201cHollaback Girl\u201d in place of the lyrics: \u201cThis s**t is bananas: B-A-N-A-N-A-S.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Mamdani became the first Muslim and South Asian mayor of NYC, he said during an appearance on The View<\/a> earlier this year that his first weeks on the job have been \u201cincredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the dream of a lifetime,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve always wanted to build a city government that moves as fast as New Yorkers do<\/a>. You know, when a New Yorker is trying to walk somewhere, you don\u2019t get in their way. City government hasn\u2019t felt like that in a long time, so we\u2019ve wanted to say that there\u2019s not going to be any problem too big or too small for us to address.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s \u2018Lifelong Dream\u2019 Is to Be on \u2018SNL\u2019 as Pals \u2018Campaign\u2019 for Him to Guest<\/a> first appeared on National Enquirer<\/a>. Follow National Enquirer on Yahoo<\/a> so you don\u2019t miss what\u2019s coming next.<\/p>\n