Aimee Lou Wooden says SNL apologized for ‘imply and unfunny’ White Lotus satire

[ad_1] The White Lotus actor Aimee Lou Wooden says that Saturday Evening Reside has apologized to her for a sketch that mocked her look, which she labelled as "imply and unfunny."

The sketch — a satire of U.S. President Donald Trump, his household and members of his employees dubbed "White Potus" — featured Sarah Sherman enjoying a model of Wooden's White Lotus character, Chelsea, as half a bit centred on U.S. Well being Secretary Robert Francis Kennedy Jr.

After Kennedy (performed by Jon Hamm) brings up the subject of eradicating fluoride from public ingesting water — one thing the U.S. well being secretary has mentioned he plans to implement — he ponders what affect it may have on individuals's tooth.

The digicam then cuts to Sherman as Chelsea, carrying outstanding false tooth with seen decay. "Fluoride?" she asks in exaggerated confusion. "What's that?"

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In her posts, the British actor defined that these fears had been totally inner, and "no one at HBO known as [her] ugly." She adopted that up with the admission that she discovered SNL's depiction of her as hurtful in distinction.

Whereas HBO was "type and supportive," she wrote, SNL was merely "imply."

The difficulty she took with the SNL sketch, she mentioned, bolstered by screenshots of responses, was its resolution to skewer high-level public figures largely for his or her actions, however then single her out for her look.

"I've huge hole tooth, not unhealthy tooth," she wrote, whereas additionally criticizing Sherman's try at a Mancunian accent. "I do not thoughts caricature … however the remainder of the skit was punching up, and I/Chelsea was the one one punched down on."

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One fan of the sketch was maybe shocking. Wooden's co-star, Walton Goggins, who performs her onscreen beau, Rick, commented on SNL's Instagram model of the skit, writing, "Hahahahahhahaha. Amazzzingggg." He additionally shared it on his Instagram story — complimenting Hamm's performing — earlier than deleting it.

'Full-circle second' Wooden was one of many primary characters in Season 3 of The White Lotus, the most-watched season but of certainly one of HBO's most-popular reveals. She was additionally a fan favorite, along with her bubbly persona and distinct look garnering each viewers consideration and op-eds round shifting magnificence requirements.

It is a subject Wooden herself has spoken about. Final month, she took to Instagram to elucidate how accepting her smile and hole tooth was "liberating," whereas she shared on The Jonathan Ross Present that followers' celebration of her tooth was a "full-circle second" after having been bullied for them her entire life.

There's even an improvised line in The White Lotus from French Canadian actor Charlotte Le Bon (who portrayed Chloe) complimenting Wooden's tooth, and a noticeable upswell of appreciation for the actor prepared to maintain her pure smile amid a sea of faux tooth and veneers, in keeping with the New York Instances.

On the identical time, Wooden mentioned within the British GQ interview that continuously speaking about her look — and significantly, her tooth — could be exhausting. That is even true of the compliments she receives, she mentioned, because the dialog turns into about her tooth as a substitute of her work.

"They assume it is good as a result of they don't seem to be criticizing," GQ quotes her as saying. "And I've to go there.… If it was a person, would we be speaking about it this a lot? It is nonetheless happening a couple of girl's look."