Celebrities rallied around “The White Lotus” breakout star Aimee Lou Wood after “Saturday Night Live” mocked her teeth gap and accent.
In a sketch titled “The White Potus,” spoof versions of Donald Trump, his family, and other politicians portrayed the main characters of “The White Lotus” season three.
Some fans complained about a scene in which Jon Hamm played Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and says he wants to remove all fluoride from drinking water before asking what that would do to people’s teeth.
The screen then cuts to Sarah Sherman imitating Wood’s “The White Lotus” character, Chelsea, in a brown wig, fake teeth resembling Wood’s tooth gap, and speaking with a generic British accent.
The scene implied that a lack of fluoride could give people teeth like Wood.
On Sunday, Wood hit back in an Instagram story where she called the joke “mean and unfunny” and said that SNL could have devised a “cleverer, more nuanced, less cheap” joke.
Later, Wood shared DMs from fans who agreed with her and noted that Sherman could have done a better job imitating her accent.
Jameela Jamil was among those to defend Wood.
Cara Delevingne and Georgia May Jagger, Mick Jagger’s fashion model daughter, who also has a big teeth gap, reshared Wood’s post and praised the actor’s beauty.
“Blows my mind that in 2025 @aimeelouwood is THAT talented and THAT beautiful and still having to school grown ups on misogyny and bullying,” Tori Allen-Martin, a British actor, wrote. “It is crazy that after relentlessly sublime performances in EVERYTHING she touches there is even a conversation about anything to do with her (magnificent, but regardless…) appearance EVER.”
Jameela Jamil said Wood’s appearance is the least “interesting or memorable” thing about her and said the actor is the next Olivia Colman.
“We make fun of the assimilation of women, and then mercilessly obsess over anyone with any slightly alternative features from whatever bullshit AI standard we have allowed, as women, to take hold of this world,” Jamil added.
Wood said on her Instagram story on Sunday that “SNL” apologized privately to her, and that she didn’t want anyone sending hate to Sherman.
“Last thing I’ll say on the matter. I am not thin skinned. I actually love being taken the piss out of when it’s clever and in good spirits,” Wood wrote. “But the joke was about fluoride. I have big gap teeth not bad teeth.”
Wood added: “I don’t mind caricature — I understand that’s what SNL is. But the rest of the skit was punching up and I/Chelsea was the only one punched down on… Okay end of.”
A representative for “SNL” did not immediately respond to a comment request from Business Insider.
Wood said she doesn’t like that people are talking about her teeth
As she has become more famous over the past month, Wood has been open about the journey she has been on to like her teeth.
She told GQ last week that she wasn’t didn’t like the public talking about her teeth, even if what they were saying could be regarded as positive.
“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,” Wood said. “They think it’s nice because they’re not criticizing.”
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