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Tom Holland

Explore episode Jun 2, 2026
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Why Tom Holland Has Never Hosted SNL

Tom Holland · Jun 2, 2026 Education

Tom Holland has been asked to host SNL multiple times — and always says no. His dyslexia causes him to freeze when reading aloud, making live cue-card reading feel impossible. At film read-throughs he pre-memorizes his lines specifically to avoid having to read them cold.

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Jacob Batalon, Escape Rooms, and Friendship That Endures

At 52:55 · chapter starts 49:40

Amy loops the conversation back to Jacob Batalon, and Tom is warm and specific: Jacob's enthusiasm, his soul, the fact that they've been through this whole journey together since the same life-changing day. Then the story gets funny: Tom texted Jacob while both were in LA, booked an escape room on a whim, and the two self-described leaders promptly proved useless together — too many chiefs, not enough time. A producer from the movie also came along, and they were all equally helpless. Tom closes the Jacob chapter the way Jacob closed his: 'He will be a friend for life.'

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