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Saturday Night Live Criticised by Charity for 'Hurtful' Tourette's Sketch
Tourette's Action condemned SNL's sketch mocking the BAFTA incident, highlighting harm to the Tourette's community amid nearly 1 million YouTube views within a day.
- On Feb. 28, Saturday Night Live posted a sketch cut from that episode to YouTube, where it gained almost 1 million views and was condemned by Tourette's Action for satirizing the February 22 BAFTA incident.
- At the February 22 BAFTA Film Awards, John Davidson, Tourette's campaigner, involuntarily shouted curse words and a racial slur at Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, while the BBC broadcast unedited footage and later apologised.
- In the sketch, cast members linked behaviour to Tourette's, with Connor Storrie saying, 'Hi cuties, I’m Armie Hammer, and not many people know this, but one of the most common side effects of Tourette’s is cannibalism'.
- Tourette's Action warned the sketch deepened harm for people with Tourette's, causing fear, isolation and undoing years of awareness work.
- Commentators and journalists publicly criticised the sketch as offensive, with Variety and other outlets approaching NBC for comment while SNL has not responded.
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NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" is facing widespread criticism for poking fun at Tourette syndrome, with a leading charity blasting the attempt at humor as "never acceptable."
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An SNL skit about Tourette's has been slammed as disrespectful by a leading Tourette’s syndrome charity
The skit followed an incident at the BAFTAs last week where a guest with Tourette's shouted racial slurs during the ceremony. Credit: Saturday Night Live
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