Rachel Dratch's Dream That She Married Seth Meyers Had a Very SNL Twist

It's always a treat when Seth Meyers welcomes a fellow Saturday Night Live alum to Late Night with Seth Meyers—especially when it's one of Meyers' good friends, such as Kate McKinnon or Amy Poehler. On January 8, Rachel Dratch's tenth visit to Late Night was no exception.

Dratch had plenty to catch Meyers up on, from her podcast, Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch, to her Tony nominaton for her Broadway debut in POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. As the two shared, they'd also recently hung out at an event, so Meyers already knew that Dratch recently had an anxiety dream ahead of returning to 30 Rock. 

"I knew I was coming back to see you. And then that night, I had a dream that you and I were getting married," Dratch explained. "And it was just very awkward, because we hadn't talked about it at all."

In the dream, Dratch continued, she fretted over whether she should at least text the Late Night Host ahead of their nuptials. "And then we were supposed to get married that night, and I was just feeling awkward about it. Not that you wouldn't make a fantastic husband!" 

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As Meyers giggled, Dratch went on to say she even remembers worrying that they hadn't invited SNL creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels. "Lorne factored in, as he always does in an SNL anxiety dream," Dratch joked, adding she even dreamed that she forgot her shoes.

Rachel Dratch during an interview with host Seth Meyers on on Late Night With Seth Meyers Episode 1466, January 8, 2024. Photo: Lloyd Bishop/NBC

"The crazier world is if Lorne had an anxiety dream about you and I getting married, and him not getting invited," Meyers said. "If Lorne woke up and just turned over like, 'I had the worst night. I had a dream that Rachel was mad at me!"

"I would love that. I would love if Lorne had an anxiety dream about me," Dratch laughed. "That would be amazing!"

Rachel Dratch's podcast is chock full of ghost stories, and she has one too

Dratch breaks down the premise of Woo Woo as follows: "I love when you're gathered with friends and then it turns to kind of like ghost stories and weird, like, psychic stuff. So then I was like, 'why not do a podcast where I talk to funny friends about their weird stories?'"

As it turns out, lots of Dratch's famous funny friends do have spooky stories to share—including Tina Fey, Ana Gasteyer and Amy Poehler, who've all been guests since the show's launch in October 2023. 

"Everyone has a weird ghost story except you," Dratch told Meyers, adding that he's still invited, because even non-believers like Poehler have "some sort of bent" to share. But Meyers called Dratch out on her non-response to his offer to come on the pod anyway. 

"So a week later, I was like, 'well, now I have a story—about how my friend Rachel ghosted me," Meyers joked.

This naturally prompted Meyers to ask Dratch if she has her own ghost story (she does, which she shares on her podcast).

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"It happened at a hotel, which a lot of ghost stories happen at hotels," Dratch said. 

"Because they can't afford homes," nodded Meyers.

Dratch went on to explain that about 15 years ago, "I saw two guys and they were like, from another time. They were dressed like they were like early '50s," she said, adding that she "got the vibe" that they were a couple. She adds that years later, Dratch spoke to someone who knew the concierge at the hotel, and the concierge confirmed that "some people saw the same thing that I saw!" Is there a draft in here?

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A psychic told Rachel Dratch that she'd become pregnant with her son

Ghost stories, astral projection, even time travel—nothing's off the table on Woo Woo. Dratch told Meyers that she has to believe in psychics, too, because one told her that she was going to have a child. 

At the time, Dratch did assume the psychic said that to every single woman who walked through her door. "But I was 43 when she told me that, and I wasn't even dating anyone," Dratch said. And the psychic was right, as six months later, Dratch learned she was pregnant with her son, Eli Benjamin. 

During a previous Late Night visit, Dratch shared that she'd introduced her son to her Debbie Downer SNL sketches, but it didn't earn her many cool points.

Rachel Dratch's Son Was Not Impressed by SNL's Debbie Downer

Watch Rachel Dratch and Seth Meyers' warm and giggly conversation above, and listen to Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch on Spotify or wherever you stream now.