White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood calls out SNL over 'mean and unfunny' sketch
The rising star from Stockport was potrayed on the latest episode of the US comedy show
White Lotus actress Aimee Lou Wood has called out Saturday Night Live over a sketch that featured an impersonation of her, branding it ‘mean and unfunny’.
Saturday night’s (April 12) edition of the legendary American comedy show was presented by Mad Men star Jon Hamm, with Lizzo providing the music.
Article continues belowThe weekly show featured a pretaped parody of The While Lotus, which Sex Education’s Aimee starred in for its recent third season.
Centred around US President Donald Trump, portrayed by James Austin, the ‘White Potus’ sketch boasted a cameo from Scarlett Johansson.
One controversial moment in the sketch saw Sarah Sherman wearing prosthetic teeth to mimic Aimee’s character Chelsea.
Taking to her Instagram story on Sunday (April 14), Stockport-born Aimee told her three million followers: “I did find the SNL thing mean and unfunny.
"Such a shame cuz I had such a great time watching it a couple weeks ago. Yes, take the p*** for sure — that's what the show is about — but there must be a cleverer, more nuanced, less cheap way?"
Aimee went on to clarify her recent comments about feeling like HBO didn’t ‘want her’ for the show due to her ‘ugly looks’.
She explained: “Nobody at HBO called me ugly!! Jeez, as if! I clearly say that was my own paranoid thought. Nobody at HBO would say that.
“My point in the article was how our [brains] play tricks on us. Please read carefully before getting angry at me. When someone (not a producer) told me Mike fought for me it was said in a nice way.
“I just spiralled about it because of my own imposter syndrome. That was my point. Just want to clear that up because HBO have been nothing but super supportive.”
Aimee added: “So to conclude today’s rant @hbo kind and supportive and never wronged me so leave them alone [cry laughing emoji] @nbcsnl – mean."
Later in the evening, 31-year-old Aimee said that she was ‘glad’ she said something instead of ‘going in’ on herself.
“Omg I’ve got THOUSANDS of messages in agreement with me since posting that. Thanks guys. Glad I said something,” she said.
While she is yet to reveal who contacted her, Aimee confirmed that she’s ‘had apologies from SNL’ over the sketch.
Previously expressing her frustration at how much focus the gap in her teeth have received by the media, Aimee told GQ Hype: "It makes me really happy that it’s symbolising rebellion and freedom, but there’s a limit.
Article continues below"The whole conversation is just about my teeth, and it makes me a bit sad because I'm not getting to talk about my work. They think it’s nice because they’re not criticising.
“And, I have to go there… I don’t know if it was a man would we be talking about it this much? It’s still going on about a woman’s appearance.”
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