United Kingdom, Nov. 4 -- Reese Witherspoon says hosting the first Saturday Night Live after 9/11 was "too much responsibility".

The Morning Show actress was just 24 years old when she was tasked with fronting the first episode after the terror attack in 2001, and it took her until 2015 to return as host for a second time.

She told Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast: "I would give that [hosting experience] zero stars. Do not recommend."

She added: "It was just too much responsibility for a 24-year-old girl."

Reese, now 49, recalled how SNL creator Lorne Michaels pleaded with her not to drop out, as he insisted the public needed to "get back the national spirit."

She added: "Lorne Michaels called me and he said, I really need you t...