Bowen Yang says Aimee Lou Wood’s reaction to The White Potus Saturday Night Live sketch was ‘completely valid’

Saturday Night time Dwell (SNL) star Bowen Yang has spoken out on the debacle concerning the present’s parody of Aimee Lou Wooden.

Throughout a current episode of the sketch comedy present, a sketch referred to as ‘The White Potus’ noticed forged member Sarah Sherman imitate Wooden with a pair of pronounced pretend enamel, with The White Lotus actress later taking to Instagram to name the sketch “imply and unfunny”.

Regardless of many saying that Wooden’s response was an ‘overreaction’, Yang disagrees.

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“Nonetheless she reacted to that sketch is totally legitimate,” he instructed Further.

“With parody, you type of neglect the kind of human, emotional price that it kind of extols on somebody.”

Sherman (the forged member who portrayed Wooden) personally apologised to the actress, with SNL additionally reportedly issuing a personal apology.

Yang has stated that Wooden’s response to the sketch is an efficient reminder for himself and fellow comedians to remember the affect their jokes can have on real-life folks.

“It is this factor that we are inclined to neglect typically, and it is a reminder,” he stated.

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“It looks like she’s spoken to folks on the present about it, and hopefully there’s room to maneuver on from it.

“You want these reminders now and again that parody can go too far typically, and that we as comedians can take [accountability] for that as an alternative of banging our foot and saying, ‘We ought to be allowed to say no matter we would like’.”

After the sketch aired, Wooden took to Instagram to share that she discovered it “imply” and “unfunny”.

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“Sure, take the piss for certain – that is what the present is about,” she added.

“However there should be a cleverer, extra nuanced, much less low cost method?”

The actress additionally made certain to make clear she wasn’t blaming Sherman for the sketch, however was reasonably “hating on the idea”. 

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