Saturday Night Live appears to have learned an important new rule about The White Lotus fans: Don’t come for Chelsea!
After Aimee Lou Wood called out SNL star Sarah Sherman‘s “mean and unfunny” impression of her character on this weekend’s episode, the British actress shared an update on Sunday morning that she received “apologies from SNL.”
“But whilst in honest mode – I did find the SNL thing mean and unfunny xo,” wrote Wood on her Instagram Story while explaining recent comments that she felt ugly. “(Felt righteous might delete later x)”
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In this weekend’s sketch ‘The White POTUS‘, the cast used a parody of the recent Thailand-set Season 3 to make a few swipes at the Trumps, while also poking fun at Wood’s character Chelsea with Sherman in a pair of buck teeth. The impression comes after Wood expressed how exhausted she is of talking about her teeth.
Wood added in her response on Sunday, “At least get the accent right seriously, I respect accuracy even if it’s mean.”
“So, to conclude today’s rant: @hbo – kind and supportive and never wronged me so leave them alone. @nbcsnl – mean,” she 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 cleverer, more nuanced, less cheap way?”
The Sex Education alum has since received “thousands of messages” of support. “On a positive note, everyone is agreeing with me about it so I’m glad I said something instead of going in on myself,” she wrote.
The NBC sketch comedy show has also since apparently felt the pressure. “I’ve had apologies from SNL,” she concluded the saga in one last Insta Story with a cheeky filter.
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