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‘Saturday Night Live’ Under Fire for ‘Disgusting’ and ‘Shameful’ Sketch Mocking BAFTAs N-Word Controversy

NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” is facing backlash for what social media users call a “disgusting” and “shameful” sketch that featured comedians playing celebrities justifying their past scandals by blaming them on Tourette syndrome — in reference to the racial slur controversy at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) last week.

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‘SNL’ Spoofs Trump-Zelensky White House Showdown; Host Shane Gillis Mocks Biden’s ‘Dead Face,’ Praises Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’

Bud Light pitchman and Netflix comedy special star Shane Gillis hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the second time in as many years — five years after NBC hired then fired him (over “offensive” jokes) from the sketch comedy show — and lampooned Joe Biden’s “dead face,” said he likes President Donald Trump’s “Gulf of America,” and push to purchase Greenland and told the SNL audience “Look, I get it. You guys are pretty liberal here.” 

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Watch: Harris Makes ‘SNL’ Cameo

On Saturday, 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris made a cameo during the cold open of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” alongside Maya Rudolph, who has played Harris on the show and did so in this sketch. Harris and her

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