CNN
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Adam Sandler always Chris Fairley.
More than twenty years after Farley’s death, Sandler still gets sad when he sings “The Chris Farley Song,” a song he wrote for his late friend and comedian, who died of a drug overdose in December 1997 at the age of 33.
Sandler told the “Happy Sad Confusion” podcast that his musical tribute still makes him emotional. He performed the song as part of his Netflix special “Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh” and sang it on “SNL” when he hosted it in May 2019.
“The first few times we played that song, I would tear up and I couldn’t really sing it well because I would get so emotional, and then I felt it and I could get it there,” Sandler said during the podcast. “It’s weird, but when that song starts, I go, ‘Oh, f–k, okay, don’t cry and don’t do that’ yet. I’ve sung it, maybe a hundred times, but it cracks me up.”
Sandler added, “I think it’s because we show Chris’ video and I see his face.” He also said that “hearing the crowd go for Farley” makes him happy.
“Every show I do, by far the biggest applause of the night is for Farley and every time I mention his name the audience goes nuts. It feels great,” he said.
