Lorne Michaels used to "ban" Chris Farley from 'Saturday Night Live' for "weeks at a time" in a "tough Love" move amid his addiction. Biographer Susan Morrison recalled of Michaels, "Lorne would call him into his office and give him these talks about the drinking or the drugs."
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