United Kingdom, Sept. 12 -- Frankie Muniz turned down hosting Saturday Night Live so he could meet his childhood crush Amanda Bynes.

The 39-year-old actor-turned NASCAR driver had a chance of being amongst the youngest presenters of the hit NBC sketch comedy show, but he declined and agreed to host the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2000 because former actress Amanda, 39, was also co-hosting the awards bash.

Frankie - who was aged "13, 14" at the time - said on a recent episode of the Lightweights Podcast: "When I was acting, and I moved to New York, I remember going into my new agent in New York's office, and I was like, 'I want to be on All That. I want to be on The Amanda Show,' because I had a huge crush on Amanda Bynes as a kid...