It was felt that there was some irony in the situation as "Dirty Work" was a revenge comedy. When an interviewer pointed this out Macdonald said "It would be good revenge if everybody went and saw this movie if they want to get revenge against Don Ohlmeyer for trying to ban my ads." In a "Late Show with David Letterman" interview, Macdonald said that after being dismissed from anchoring "Weekend Update" and leaving "SNL", he could not "do anything else on any competing show."