One ‘SNL’ Cast Member Allegedly Has Terrible Ballet Class Etiquette

Shit posts are what justify the internet’s harsh existence. Around every web corner there’s insidious A.I., rampant scams, monetized links and horrifying political opinions. So people posting absolute nonsense is the only reprieve we can find in this bleak landscape. This week, a great moment of levity came from the X poster @gracecamille_. 

“I’m not going to say WHICH SNL cast member’s behavior during our ballet classes was so rude and desperately attention-seeking that it was literally DISRUPTIVE…… you know I can’t say that. It was ch- *gunshots*”

Is this a joke? Or did Grace, whose account is geotagged in Manhattan, really rub elbows and ballet slippers with one of the Saturday Night Live cast members? And if so, which cast member? The X post only gave two letters: “C” and “H.”

That’s not a ton to work with, but over on Reddit, people were able to generate two guesses in the r/LiveFromNewYork subreddit. “Hmmm do we think this is about Chloe Fineman or Chevy Chase?”

I do think that if Chase did ballet, he would just die. I think he’d get into the first plié stretch and suffer from a fatal cardiac arrest. Other Redditors came to a similar conclusion and quickly rounded up several other unlikely candidates:

• Chill Hader (Bill Hader)
• Chris Farley
• Michael Che
• Chill Farrell (Will Ferrell)

But most people were pretty confident that it was the other “Ch” mentioned in the Reddit post who was the real perpetrator: Chloe Fineman. Not only because she’s the only current cast member who has the first name that starts with “Ch,” but there’s also been a few indications from sketches that she knows a bit more about ballet than the other possible options. 

Then, there’s her Architectural Digest home tour, which features a lot of Parisian-inspired decor. Not only does she live in the West Village, in the same borough of New York that @gracecamille_ seems to be based in, but the Francophile interior design is another clue. Do you know what else is very French? Ballet! The evidence is mounting for sure… 

Again, though, we don’t even know if the original poster was telling the truth about the encounter or simply shitposting. We live in a world where both are equally possible and probable. Plus, while it couldn’t actually be Chris Farley, maybe Michael Che is really extending the terror of his Instagram Stories to boutique ballet studios in downtown Manhattan. That also doesn’t seem out of the realm of possibility. 

But if it is Fineman who is causing a ruckus at $60 per class studio sessions, maybe there’s an innocent explanation. Maybe she thought she was still trapped inside last year’s “Pilates” sketch and for a moment began to believe the instructor was a monster straight out of The Conjuring. That would make me disruptive too!