Vanessa Bayer is an actress and comedian from the United States. She is best known for her role on Saturday Night Live from 2010 until 2017, for which she was nominated for an Emmy. In addition to Trainwreck, Office Christmas Party, Carrie Pilby, and Ibiza, Bayer has acted in a number of other films.

“I would sort of capitalizing on the perks of having cancer,” Bayer admitted of her past

Vanessa Bayer based her debut TV series on her previous experiences.

The 40-year-old Saturday Night Live star claimed her cancer fight inspired her upcoming Showtime series, I Love That for You — but not in the way you may assume.

Bayer, who was diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukemia as a child, told Entertainment Tonight that there are some “perks” to having cancer that made their way into the storyline.

“This character had childhood leukemia and I had childhood leukemia,”

Bayer said, “I would sort of use the fact that I was sick to get special treatment and I would sort of capitalizing on the perks of having cancer.”

“I would come into school late all the time and the attendance woman would ask no questions”

“I got my dad out of a speeding ticket once because he said he can only think about his daughter who had leukemia and the cop said, ‘OK.'”

“My family would use it as an excuse so much And we would see if we could get away with it. We called it, ‘Dropping the L bomb.’ It would really make us laugh.”

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