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# Ashley Padilla reveals arrest history, ‘Survivor’ dreams to Amy Poehler
- URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-ashley-padilla-amy-poehler/
- Published: 2026-09-22T22:32:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T22:33:21.000Z
- Description: The breakout ‘SNL’ star joined the former cast member on the latest episode of Poehler’s ‘Good Hang’ podcast.
- Author: Bill Kuchman
- Tags: The Cold Open • Extras, The Cold Open, SNL, Ashley Padilla, Amy Poehler, Good Hang

We’re less than a week away from [*SNL* returning for its 52nd season](https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-season-52-preview/), and [its biggest star](https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-open-snl-ashley-padilla-top-sketches/) is making headlines as she promotes the upcoming premiere.

**Ashley Padilla** revealed during **Amy Poehler**’s *Good Hang* podcast’s Tuesday episode that she has a criminal record thanks to the time she hid from the cops in a rose bush for four hours. 

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“And when they pulled me out, I said — and they wrote this down, they wrote this down, it was in the police report — I said, ‘It's about time you motherfuckers caught me,’” Padilla told Poehler.

Padilla’s chat with Poehler is probably the most we’ve heard the breakout SNL star talk about her life. Thanks to this episode, we now know that Padilla has three siblings and is plotting with **Alison Gates**, one of *SNL*’s head writers, on how to get cast on *Survivor*.

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