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The NASCAR driver said his mom then told him, “No, no, you don’t understand. Like, this is a really big deal,” and that for about a week and a half, he had “every executive, every producer, everybody in the history of Fox TV, Regency TV going, ‘What are you doing?'”
But he stood his ground.
“I was like, I don’t back out of obligation,” Muniz recalled. “They’ve been airing my commercial saying I’m going to be cohosting.”
Ultimately, Bynes ended up not cohosting the Kids’ Choice Awards with Muniz, although she did serve as a presenter. The actor actually cohosted the show with LL Cool J, David Arquette and Mandy Moore, with Rosie O’Donnell serving as the main host.
And although Muniz did eventually meet Bynes and even starred alongside her in the 2002 movie Big Fat Liar—he’s yet to host SNL.
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