Bowen Yang Seemingly Hints Not 'Everyone' Was Happy About Nikki Haley Cameo | 46MLRL6 | 2024-02-07 13:08:02
Bowen Yang seemingly hinted that he — and some of his Saturday Night Live castmates — weren't pleased by Nikki Haley's recent cameo appearance on the present.
Yang, 33, shared an Instagram photograph of a handwritten notice for Haley, 52, seemingly left backstage at SNL's New York City studio forward of the Saturday, February 3, episode. "Amb. Haley — welcome to Studio 8H! From, Lorne + everybody at SNL," learn the message.
In his caption, Yang wrote, "Everyone!" and added a smiling emoticon.
Whereas Yang turned off the feedback on the Monday, February 5, publish, fans on X have been fast to theorize that the Instagram publish was a dig at SNL's determination to host Haley. The former United Nations ambassador made a cameo within the cold open on Saturday, enjoying herself in a sketch the place former President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) defined why he declined to debate her.
In the course of the sketch, host Ayo Edebiri requested Haley, who is presently operating for the Republican presidential nomination, to make clear her beliefs on whether or not slavery prompted the American Civil Conflict. "I used to be just curious, what would you say was the primary explanation for the Civil Warfare?" Edebiri, 28, asked. "And do you assume it starts with an 's' and ends with a 'lavery?'"
Haley replied, "Yeah, I in all probability should have stated that the primary time."
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Edebiri was referencing a December 2023 town corridor in New Hampshire where a voter requested Haley what triggered the Civil Warfare. "I feel the cause of the Civil Warfare was principally how authorities was going to run," the previous South Carolina governor replied. "The freedoms and what individuals might and couldn't do."
Haley's SNL appearance was met with disapproval from each fans and critics, with The Atlantic calling the cameo "an enormous miss."
Some viewers have been much more incensed when an ad for the subsequent new episode of SNL noted that comedian Shane Gillis will be the host. Gillis, 36, was famously fired from SNL in 2019 earlier than ever showing on the present after making feedback that creator and showrunner Lorne Michaels deemed "offensive, hurtful and unacceptable." In an episode of his podcast, Gillis had used anti-Asian and homophobic slurs. Gillis was set to hitch the identical yr that Yang debuted on the long-running comedy collection.
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"Bowen Yang having a tough three weeks at #SNL," one observer wrote by way of X after Saturday's episode aired. "I actually hope this doesn't feel as pointedly cruel for him because it does from the surface." One other fan shared a picture of the Gillis hosting announcement with the remark, "Bowen Yang deserves so a lot better than all of the bizarre s–t they've made him put up with."
Earlier this yr, followers observed that Yang appeared to stand as distant as potential from Dave Chappelle after the January 27 episode. Dakota Johnson was the guest host that evening, however Chappelle, 50, appeared on stage through the good nights. Chappelle has beforehand come underneath hearth for his comments concerning the LGBTQIA+ group.
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