Left: Connor Storrie for the New York Times photographed by Ryan Pfluger, 2025. Right: The Madonna of the Pomegranate (detail) by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1487.
So no, I'm not surprised he's saying yes to all these opportunities. This is what he's wanted for years. This is the career he's been building toward and trust they have a colour coordinated calendar. Different creatives have different processes. Let him cook.
I need y'all to understand that when you've spent years dreaming of something, working for it behind the scenes and hoping for that one breakthrough opportunity...then that moment finally arrives....you have to grab it with both hands and not look back.
Connor has said he loves the work. You can tell how intentionally he's worked on his craft, mindset and resilience. He has the talent, the man is a chameleon. He's also surrounded himself with a team that believes in him and knows how to guide a career like this.
If you're thinking Connor Storrie only got an Emmy nomination for SNL because he couldn't get one for Heated Rivalry, think again. He earned this nomination fair and square. We break it down: https://t.co/hUxesI364T
Top: Connor Storrie for Cultured Magazine photographed by Christian Coppola, 2025. Bottom: Detail from an illustration from The Folio Society edition of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar by Alexandra Levasseur, 2022.
“Some might say this is a bit of payment for the fact that he cannot be nominated for HR, and couldn’t be nominated for the CSAs. But the skills that make Ilya Rozanov a compelling character… have absolutely nothing to do with the skills that make you a good SNL host.” Gag it!
Left: Connor Storrie wearing his cunty YSL boots shot by James Yardley, 2026. Right: Illustration for review "Troyer/Courant"(detail) by Marc Chagall, 1922.
btw for clarity. connor’s snl episode is not emmy nominated, CONNOR STORRIE is. i see what some of you are doing, and let me tell you rn, it is not gonna work. let’s learn about the emmys 😁 it is connor that is nominated as an ACTOR in that episode.