Adam Sandler still gets emotional singing sweet Chris Farley song | CNN

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Adam Sandler will always Chris Farley.

Greater than twenty years after Farley’s demise, Sandler still gets unhappy when he sings the “Chris Farley Track,” a music he wrote for his late pal and comic, who died in December 1997 of a drug overdose at age 33.

Sandler informed the “Pleased Unhappy Confused” podcast that his musical tribute nonetheless makes him emotional. He carried out the music as a part of his Netflix particular “Adam Sandler: 100% Contemporary” and sang it on “SNL” when he hosted in Might 2019.

“The primary few occasions, we performed that music, I might tear up and I couldn’t actually sing it properly as a result of I’d get so emotional, after which I felt it and was in a position to get it on the market,” Sandler mentioned on the podcast. “It’s bizarre, however when that music begins, I’m going, ‘Oh f–ok, alright, don’t cry and don’t do this’ nonetheless. I’ve sang it possibly 100 occasions already, but it surely rocks me.”

Sandler added, “I believe it’s as a result of we present a video of Chris and I see his face.” He additionally mentioned “listening to the group go nuts for Farley” makes him blissful.

“Each present I do, by far the largest applause of the night time is speaking about Farley and any time I point out his title, the viewers goes nuts. It feels nice,” he mentioned.