It's a sketch that's got tongues wagging and tweets flying! Saturday Night Live has whipped up a storm with a skit poking fun at Tourette's, following the Bafta bust-up involving Tourette's advocate John Davidson's accidental N-word outburst. The NBC laugh factory rolled out a controversial bit with a cavalcade of shame-faced celebs blaming their blunders on the neurological condition, stirring up quite the ruckus online!
Connor Storrie took the stage as Armie Hammer with zingers like 'one of the most common side effects is cannibalism,' and a spoofed JK Rowling babbled about having a 'years-long obsession with trans rights' due to Tourette's. Meanwhile, Kenan Thompson's spot-on Bill Cosby had the audience in stitches, but the social media jury isn't laughing with some deeming it a 'terrible take.'
The sketched-out chaos unwound with Real Housewife Jill Zarin rambling on about suffering from 'severe long-winded monologue-style Tourette's' and a snarky N.W.O.R.D.-credited PSA wrapping things up. Sure, the live crowd was chuckling along, but online critics are blasting the bit as insensitive, with hopes that Davidson spares himself the cringe.
Davidson himself, neck-deep in regret, has clarified his involuntary tic at the Baftas, highlighting the numerous unsavory words he unintentionally let slip – with the N-word being just one. The Brits are biting back too; the BBC is on a 'fast-tracked' probe into their broadcast boo-boo. Will SNL chalk this up to 'edgy' or end up eating crow? Stay tuned, gossip gluttons, this one's just heating up!
