Actress Aimee Lou Wood called out Saturday Night Live for airing a “mean and unfunny” sketch parodying her character on HBO’s The White Lotus. In a series of Instagram Stories posts Sunday, Wood got candid about how the SNL sketch, aired April 12, made her feel. The whole thing was “mean and unfunny,” she wrote. “Such a shame cuz I had such a great time watching it a couple weeks ago,” the actress wrote in another slide. “Yes, take the piss for sure — that’s what the show is about...

Aimee Lou Wood is calling out “Saturday Night Live,” labeling a spoof of her “The White Lotus” character “mean and unfunny.” The April 12 episode of the long-running comedy series — hosted by Jon Hamm with musical guest Lizzo — featured a sketch that poked fun at Season Three of “The White Lotus.” The skit, called “The White Potus,” showed Hamm, James Austin Johnson, Chloe Fineman and more cast members portraying various Season Three characters as prominent political figures in an altered version of the HBO dark comedy. While most...

One of the breakout stars of The White Lotus ripped Saturday Night Live for its Trump-themed parody of the hit HBO drama. In a series of posts to her Instagram stories, Wood made clear she was not a fan of the SNL send-up. “I did find the SNL thing mean and unfunny,” Wood wrote. “Such a shame cuz I had such a great time watching it a couple weeks ago,” she added. “Yes, take the piss for sure – that’s what the show is about- but there must be a...

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but “White Lotus” breakout star Aimee Lou Wood would disagree. The April 12 episode of “Saturday Night Live” featured a pre-taped spoof of the Mike White drama series, which starred Sarah Sherman as a parodied version of Wood’s character, Chelsea. On Sunday, Wood took to her Instagram Stories to express her frustration with the portrayal, calling it “mean and unfunny.” “Such a shame cuz I had such a great time watching it a couple of weeks ago,” she wrote. “Yes, take...

Aimee Lou Wood has responded to Sarah Sherman’s portrayal of her on White Lotus character on Saturday Night Live, describing it as “mean and unfunny.” The five-minute sketch, which you can watch below, spoofs Mike White’s beloved HBO series and gives it a MAGA update. Jon Hamm, the episode’s guest star, is an RFK Jr. version of Walton Goggins‘ character Rick Hatchett. Instead of fulfilling his lifelong revenge on the man who killed his father, he’s holding a syringe full of measles, contemplating removing fluoride from the country’s drinking water,...

Aimee Lou Wood has hit out at her depiction in Saturday Night Live’s White Lotus skit as “unfunny and mean”. During Saturday night’s episode (12 April), SNL cast members reimagined the hit HBO series The White Lotus as The White Potus, which saw Donald Trump (played by James Austin Johnson) attempt to unwind at an exotic vacation resort while secretly panicking about the future financial state of America amid to tariff policy chaos, surrounded by Ivanka (Scarlett Johansson) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (Jon Gries). The storyline parodies that of...

Live from Studio 8H — it's Jon Hamm ! The actor, 54, hosted on April 12, when he was joined by Lizzo , who served as the evening's musical guest. “I’m so honored to be here hosting, this my fourth time,” Hamm said in his opening monologue. "It’s been a minute. Last time I hosted was October 2010, but even though it’s been a while I’ve still been on the show a lot. “In fact, I was checking my own Wikipedia, which I often do, and I found out since...

Lizzo returned to Saturday Night Live with several songs from her upcoming fifth studio album, Love in Real Life, opening with a medley of the title track and “Still Bad.” The singer-rapper, who had taken a self-described “gap year” in 2024, released the former in late February–her first single since 2023. “I want to introduce to you guys, the newest piece of content from the new era. I’ve been working on new music for the last two years,” Lizzo said during a Valentine’s Day Twitch stream, teasing what’s she’s been...

Brunson and Benson are teaming up on “Saturday Night Live.” Quinta Brunson will host the next episode of “SNL” on May 3, with Benson Boone as her musical guest, it was announced on the latest episode. It will be the second time hosting for the “Abbott Elementary” star, and the debut performance of the young Grammy-nominated singer who is making waves at Coachella this weekend. So far on this season of “Saturday Night Live,” the hosts have included Jean Smart, Nate Bargatze, Ariana Grande, Michael Keaton, John Mulaney, Bill Burr,...

Jon Hamm‘s monologue on “Saturday Night Live” was a self-deprecating bit about his slew of cameos he has had on the show through the years, and was interrupted by his “frenemy” Kieran Culkin. “I know a cameo may seem inconsequential, but it really is an important part of the show,” Hamm said. “Like when a sketch needs that little something extra to take it from a medium sketch to a marginally better than a medium sketch, or when a monologue is feeling aimless and it needs a jolt of energy.”...