Darrell Hammond Unveils Dark Moment Behind The Curtain At SNL

First Launched: October 24, 2011 11:39 PM EDT Credit: WireImage NY, N.Y. -- Caption Darrell Hammond attends this year's Annual REX Event within the Grand Hyatt Hotel, NY, on March 16, 2010Darrell Hammond is famous for his amusing impressions, nevertheless the Saturday Evening Live veteran has proven a very serious side, revealing particulars about his distressing past plus a very difficult moment that happened throughout his time around the program. There's cutting backstage, Hammond, which has a completely new book, God, If You're Not On The Internet For, Im F***erection dysfunction, told CNN inside an emotional interview. I used to be once arrived at a psych ward. A couple of days that we did the [Al] Gore debates, For me I used to be removed in the straight jacket. And there's not a way you people is aware of this, Hammond ongoing. But SNL can be a place where if Lorne [Michaels, SNLs Executive Producer] idol idol judges if you are in a position to hit the ball inside the wall your evening, then youre gonna get available and step-up for the plate. I didn't desire to let Lorne lower. Hammond mentioned he was roughed up becoming an adult by his mother, who died couple of years ago. Once I will be a child, I used to be a victim of systematic and extended brutality, I'm speaking about, stabbing, beating, being electrocuted, such things as that, he told CNN. On Monday, Horatio Sanz, among Hammonds former SNL castmates, Tweeted his support for your funnyman. Im pleased with my friend Darrell, Horatio written. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.