'SNL' Co-Star Kevin Nealon Remembers the Late Jan Hooks
"I don't think she ever knew how well-respected and admired she was," he said.
— -- Comedian Kevin Nealon today fondly recalled his long-time friendship, for a time romantic, with "Saturday Night Live" co-star Jan Hooks, who died Thursday at age of 57.
"I was friends with her for a long time, and then we started dating for a while, and then we were on 'SNL' together. I think the whole experience of going to New York to be on a show like 'SNL,' I think about that a lot," Nealon, 60, told People magazine. "She was totally amazing as a sketch player. She so immersed herself in her characters, and her timing was amazing."
He continued, "She got it from some crazy stratosphere, and I was so attracted to that talent in her, and I don't think she ever knew how well respected and admired she was for her talent."
Nealon also remembered how much she made him laugh.
"Just hard, long laughs at the weirdest, oddest things,” he said. “She had such a bent look on things, and she taught me about the whole world of kitschiness.”
