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LADY GODIVA'S RETURN Wiig and trusty wooden steed (Photo: R. Jermone Ferraro)

Any guest hosts make you scared?
I've been in awe of many people. Meeting Steve Martin, I was like, oh my God. He was super nice, though. You're doing a sketch with him, and he'd say, "Do you want me to do it like this?" and you're like, "You're Steve Martin, and you're asking me?"

Now that you're getting popular, people are writing tons of stuff about you on the Internet. I read this one creepy piece—
Creepy is scaring me.

It was on this men's website called doubleviking.com. They recently included you in a list of the hottest women in comedy. The author, a guy named Frank Movsesian, wrote this about you: "Aside from being the hottest woman ever on SNL, she is actually even hotter in real life. I know this because we almost banged. Sorry, babe, couldn't keep that a secret forever." Do you know this character?
No! Frank? I would remember a Frank. That's weird. I'm wondering if that's recent. Is this a guy I knew in college? It could be. And if his name really is Frank, and we did almost bang, I would say, "Sorry I don't remember, but you just wrote that, so now it's really never going to happen."

Have any guys tried to pick you up on the street?
No, but I get some weird e-mails sometimes. On my website you can e-mail things to me. I wouldn't even say they're weird e-mails. I get a lot of lunch date requests. Dinner things. Not a lot.

Do you respond to them?
No. No. I don't want to open any weird doors there. It's very flattering and nice, but I can't see how safe that would be to go out.

What kind of man e-mails a woman he's seen on TV and actually expects her to respond?
I don't know. That's the thing—they actually sound pretty normal. They say, "I don't normally do this, I know it probably won't happen ... but here's my phone number." There's a bit of normalcy mixed in with the weirdness. It's not like, "I know where you live, we're meant to be together." It's just date requests.

Any photographs enclosed?
Some of them have. But very sort of portraity, or a business card. Nothing like on a beach or ... on a couch.

What would you be doing if this show business thing hadn't worked out?
I think I'd be writing. Some form of art. Maybe I'd go back to drawing.

Did you take any figure drawing classes in college?
A lot. That was my favorite.

Tell me about your first nude model.
It was a much older man who was a bit on the, uh, large side. And he had a lazy eye.

Just how large was his penis, exactly?
No! His body was large. I don't think I ever saw that, because he was sitting in a chair. But I actually did model once for a painting class at the University of Arizona.

Hot. That's not the only time you've shown some skin—you and Lindsay Lohan did the Neutrogena "Coin Slot" cream ad on SNL. There was some intense speculation afterward as to whether you used butt-crack doubles. Care to settle that controversy once and for all?
We did.

Why did you choose not to reveal your God-given coin slots?
Having the option of having someone else show their butt crack was better than showing our own, I guess.

Is there anything the matter with your butt crack?
Well, it's horizontal. And I actually have three of them.

You were a recipient of the dick in a box.
Yes, I was.

How did Justin Timberlake's dick look in that box?
There was nothing in there. There was actually a sandwich. I'm kidding. There was nothing there.

Who's the funniest person on earth?
There's a lot of people who are funny to me for different reasons. Will Forte is one of the funniest people. He always makes me laugh. I'm also a huge Joan Cusack fan. She just makes me happy.

You do have a fan site, you know. Something about Wiggy About Wiig or something.
Are you serious?

Totally. You haven't Googled yourself?
Oh my gosh. I have Googled myself. In the second season, I did it only once because the curiosity got the best of me. For the most part it was okay, but there was a tone thing that wasn't super nice, and, of course, that's what you remember.

What was it?
I don't even want to say. It wasn't even that bad. I don't want to say it because it makes fun of something else. I don't want to say it.

How did your role in Knocked Up come about?
I auditioned for it. Originally, it was just one scene, and they didn't know if they wanted a guy or a girl.

You played the underminer so well. Where did that character come from? Was she written that way?
When we did the audition we played it different ways. They went, okay, you're her boss, play it where you're overly nice. Play it where you're jealous of her. We did it like five different ways, and that passive-aggressive "I want to be where you are" woman in the business. It just sort of happened that way.

People are always writing about how Saturday Night Live has to be put out of its misery. What do you think?
It's really weird how people view the show. In the public's eye, it's always in either an upswing or a downswing. When some people say it's good, other people say it's not. It's so personal, and the so-called bad years will probably later be considered the good years. It's so subjective.

With the strike on, what do you intend to do with your free time?
Picket. And do things that I can't do during the season, like go to the doctor.

Have you bought anything since you started making money? I have to imagine these movies pay well.
Probably less than what you're thinking. But the first thing I'll do when the money comes is buy a diamond tiara ... and then diamond shoes.

This article is from the February issue of Radar Magazine. For a risk-free issue, click here