Despite appearing on 'Saturday Night Live' for eight years, when the long-running NBC sketch comedy series celebrated its 50th anniversary in February, Bill Hader was one of several cast members who weren’t in attendance.

Bill Hader was a no-show for Saturday Night Live's 50th Anniversary special back in February, with his publicist initially stating his absence was simply due to a scheduling conflict. But there was much more behind the 47-year-old actor's reasoning for missing the event.

When it comes to his time on SNL, Bill Hader has never been private about how mentally taxing being on the show was and how it had a physical effect on him. Appearing on Late Night With Seth Meyers this month,