Over the weekend, nearly every big name in Hollywood, and specifically comedy, flocked to 30 Rockefeller Center for the 40th Anniversary special of "Saturday Night Live." The New York sketch show has alumni all over the entertainment universe, from stars on the screen to writers, and all were treated like royalty on Sunday thanks to their contributions to SNL.
All but Victoria Jackson, who was a cast member from 1986 to 1992.
Jackson, a Tea Party supporter, says she was treated differently than other alums at the special because of her political beliefs, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"I was the only cast member put in the overflow room," Jackson told radio host Rusty Humphries.
Every other SNL alum and celebrity was seated in the audience. One of the segments of the special included Jerry Seinfeld standing on stage and fielding questions from celebrities, both SNL alum and not. Jackson was not involved in that either.
Going along with her Tea Party affiliation, the comedian is an outspoken critic of President Barack Obama. She's made more than one satirical YouTube video about Obama (her most recent one is called "There's a Muslim Living in the White House") and has been vocal about her disdain of gay themes in Fox's "Glee," according to WND.com.
Other notable conservatives, including Sarah Palin and Donald Trump, were allowed to sit in the live audience. Regardless, Jackson still thinks her political affiliations were why she was in the overflow room, where most media members also stayed.
"I know the show is not a conservative Christian show, so they probably wouldn't like me in general," Jackson said to Humphries in the same radio interview.
She went on to say that "the only thing I can think of is the gay thing because it is such a strong movement," citing her anti-gay marriage beliefs as the main reason she was treated differently.
According to a source that spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, Jackson's political beliefs had nothing to do with her seating arrangement.
"Jackson was offered a seat in the main studio, but when she alerted NBC that she might arrive late, her seat was moved to a nearby viewing space so that she would not interrupt the live show," the source told The Hollywood Reporter.
She first spoke to Inside Edition about the seating controversy, but said that its report "twisted" her story and "left out the part where I said that several people in the celebrity crowd whispered to me that they share my political views."
Jackson's critique of the Inside Edition report can be read on her personal website.
