Amy Poehler says Jon Hamm told her to 'get her shit together' while she was pregnant and grieving her gynecologist's death during SNL rehearsals
"That was 2008. I was pregnant with my son Archie. Hamm was the host. I was supposed to deliver the baby on Sunday."
"So I thought I was going to do the show on Saturday and then deliver the baby the next day."
"We rehearsed all day on Friday. I was in nine sketches that week. Six days before, I had done the Palin rap, I was still feeling pretty good.
"Friday, we're shooting a Mad Men pretape, and I get a call that my OB/GYN has passed away. A wonderful doctor in his 80s, an incredible doctor. He passed away, and I burst out crying on the phone."
"When you see a very pregnant person hysterically crying, it's very scary. Everyone's like, 'Are you okay?' And I said, 'My OB/GYN just died, he died of a heart attack last night.'"
"It gets really quiet, and Hamm leans in and says to me, 'This is a really big deal, and I need you to get your shit together. This is the first time I'm hosting, and I need you to pull it together, it's a big week for me.'"
"And I go from crying to laughing so hard, tears squirting out, I start clapping and laughing."
"He made me laugh so hard, and I went into labor that night."
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