James Austin Johnson from SNL suffers a mid-show injury

James Austin Johnson has reached another Live on Saturday evening Milestone this week, although nobody hopes that someone is hoping for: he was injured in the middle of the show.

Like some spectators noticed with eagle eyes, the one who SNL The performer was on crutches at the end of the Walton Goggins eventual episode of Walton Goggins last night.

Latenighter has learned that Johnson injured his foot in costume for the live sketch of the last night, “the second change application”.

Ironically, the sketch was in no way physical. In “The Second Amendment” Johnson stood behind a table all the time when he played James Madison, who dressed in politicians in 1789 and looked at the Bill of Rights.

It is not clear whether he had already injured himself at the time, but when Johnson revealed the fans outside of 30 rock later in the evening, he apparently slipped into the heels he had worn for the sketch and injured his foot.

In fact, when he appeared next on the show at Goodnights, Johnson was to see how he leaned back in the amount of actors who leaned on crutches and ultimately raised them in the air in the last seconds of the show.

Thank you very much, Walton Goggins, Arcade Fire, Cecily Strong and Waltons Mama! Good night! pic.twitter.com/E4T974TY6N– Live – Snl (@nbcsnl) on Saturday evening May 11, 2025

The Podcast partner of Latenighter, The Saturday Night Network, was the first to report on Johnson's injury in our LIVE -EFTER show.

Johnson, who had previously appeared when Donald Trump in the Cold Open, did not appear in any live sketches after the “Second Amendment” sketch. According to the SNN, Johnson later appeared in a sketch in a sketch entitled “Bullying Assembly” in a sketch. It is not clear whether Johnson's misfortune has something to do with the fact that the sketch was cut.

In-show injuries are nothing new for Live on Saturday eveningwhose actors have fallen victim to the professional dangers of physical comedy since his earliest days. Chevy Chase injured himself over a podium in the premiere of the second season of the show as Gerald Ford. Chase injured his groin area and forced him to miss the next two episodes.

Johnson's is the first known case of a mid-show injury since season 41 when Leslie Jones tore her ACL in a sketch “Shanice Goodwin: Ninja” 2016.

With the extent of Johnson's unclear injury, the time will show whether it affects its ability to take part in the 50th final of the season of the next week on the 50th final.