'SNL' Faces Backlash After Nikki Haley Makes Surprise Appearance During Cold Open
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Saturday Night Live instantly started receiving backlash after Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley made a surprise appearance Saturday night.
During the cold open, Haley asked James Austin Johnsons Donald Trump, Why wont you debate Nikki Haley?
Johnsons Trump responded, Oh my God. Its her, the woman who was in charge of security on Jan. 6. Its Nancy Pelosi for the 1,000th time.
Ayo Edebiri later popped up at the end of the sketch and directed a question at Haley: I was just curious, what would you say was the main cause of the Civil War? And do you think it starts with an S and ends with a lavery?
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/snl-facing-backlash-nikki-haley-surprise-appearance-1235814363/
And then SNL let her play that for laughs. See this tweet:
Link to tweet
There was immediate outrage on Twitter, from both left and right.
montanacowboy
(6,093 posts)SNL has been going down the toilet for a long time now but this does it. Who the hell thought it was a good idea to have her on? JHC
Fiendish Thingy
(15,624 posts)Has America forgotten how to laugh?
The slavery quip was a good jab at Haley, but more importantly it was a fantastic humiliation of Trump, and I hope it gets under his skin and he stays up all night posting all caps rants.
Deuxcents
(16,248 posts)And already its in print about their complaints. Im so sick of them n their doom n gloom and miserable lives
NEOBuckeye
(2,781 posts)It was in very bad taste, even for SNL.
And why let Haley air out her dirty laundry???
Gross. All around yuck.
Mr. Mustard 2023
(110 posts)Freethinker65
(10,024 posts)This way they can have Biden do a similar cameo and can claim equal time.
And, fyi, I haven't watched SNL live in years.
Conjuay
(1,392 posts)I think I managed to watch the first three seasons before I realized it wasn't really funny.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)pnwmom
(108,980 posts)Dulcinea
(6,639 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)mucifer
(23,550 posts)weekend update. The Nikki Haley stuff didn't bother me.
live love laugh
(13,118 posts)orangecrush
(19,572 posts)markodochartaigh
(1,138 posts)Al Gore was talking about putting Social Security "in a lockbox", i.e. not borrowing against it for other purposes. I thought that this was a great idea. SNL ridiculed his idea. This was really disappointing to me.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)like it was an insane and horrible idea.
Perhaps Gore should have chosen a better word? Na, just zero PR
Most of you don't even know that a House Committee concluded that trump withheld PPE from blue states. Again, no PR.
But how good would an ad be now in every blue and purple state ?
John1956PA
(2,655 posts)The cast member portraying him kept talking in circles about the "lockbox." I did not care for that portrayal either.
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betsuni
(25,538 posts)Silent Type
(2,910 posts)COL Mustard
(5,906 posts)Shes whip smart, she clearly has the ability to laugh at herself, and shes not Former President Stinky.
I wouldnt vote for her, because shes too closely tied to FPS but shed be hard to beat IMO.
Sky Jewels
(7,113 posts)Would vote for an anti-abortion candidate. Shed be viewed as a gender traitor by most of us. And of course theres no shortage of misogyny to go around, especially on the R side. I dont think shed have an easy path to the presidency.
calimary
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maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)A majority of White Women voted for Trump in 2020.
Sky Jewels
(7,113 posts)It could happen again, of course, but its a different calculus now.
maxsolomon
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none of them will change - they'll vote only for repukes.
i'm skeptical that Dobbs is a game changer, other than a small GOTV percentage.
Sky Jewels
(7,113 posts)But plenty of R women are pro choice but didnt worry about it as long as Roe was standing.
I think a lot of men such as yourself are underestimating the fury and determination of women when it comes to voting to restore our autonomy and status as first class citizens instead of third class citizens, after men and fetuses. Special election results have shown this again and again.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)if you tell me pro-choice republican women are going to vote dem this year, great. i hope you're right.
Sky Jewels
(7,113 posts)along with a bigger jump from independent women and higher female turnout overall. I believe we are going to outvote men by a bigger than normal percentage.
tanyev
(42,568 posts)Trump would spend the entire campaign attacking her and most of his cult would refuse to vote for her.
question everything
(47,487 posts)Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)In this number, Amy Poehler is nine months pregnant and still a tour de force. Seth Meyers wrote the song.
I remember that skit. It was hilarious.
highplainsdem
(49,004 posts)while campaigning for president, and SNL giving her a platform and letting her try to laugh off that pandering to racists during their first show at the start of Black History Month.
That was the most offensive part of Haley's appearance.
They could have had a cast member play Haley asking Trump those questions. The cameo was designed to make the real politician more likable.
Prairie Gates
(1,013 posts)It was funny.
We need less outrage, more laughter, including at ourselves.
live love laugh
(13,118 posts)KS Toronado
(17,259 posts)Chi67
(1,069 posts)I find nothing amusing about Haley.
yonder
(9,667 posts)Anticipating DFT's approaching collapse, our Fascist Overlords/Powers That Be/NBC have now withdrawn support for TSF's campaign and thrown their weight behind Haley with this stealthy move. More to come.
Tin foil hat off.
IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,816 posts)YoshidaYui
(41,832 posts)orangecrush
(19,572 posts)Last edited Sun Feb 4, 2024, 03:01 AM - Edit history (1)
Reminds me of Lee Atwater's appearance on David Letterman back in the 80's, which featured "humor" such as someone made up to be Willie Horton "dancing" (humping on) a white woman. Letterman kissed his ass, and it was entirely disgusting, racist, and smiled on by the corporate network owners. Some things never change.
Joe Nation
(963 posts)even she doesn't really believe. She is trying to walk a fine line nobody could ever navigate. She will have to drag the MAGA cultists by their morally bankrupt asses into the light of sanity in order to win the nomination--which she knows she won't do.
So SNL? Why the hell not? Trump has to be having seizures tonight.
live love laugh
(13,118 posts)The Republican washing machines to take the stench off of their people.
Wonder if shell dance on the next season?
KS Toronado
(17,259 posts)If you don't like it mute it or change the channel. And if you're of the mind set you'll never tune in to SNL again,
that reminds me of Al Franken for some reason.
live love laugh
(13,118 posts)KS Toronado
(17,259 posts)You see what SNL did? No more SNL on this TV.
You see what Al Franken did? No more Al in this Senate.
live love laugh
(13,118 posts)8:17 AM
You see what SNL did? No more SNL on this TV.
You see what Al Franken did? No more Al in this Senate.
KS Toronado
(17,259 posts)rubbersole
(6,702 posts)He definitely loaded the diaper watching her throughly enjoy herself mocking him.
NEOBuckeye
(2,781 posts)Haleys campaign is on life support as it is. The SNL skit was a desperate attempt by her to cling to life and relevance. But shes on the ropes. Leave her there to receive the knockout blow in the SC primary.
TFG must go down also, but we dont need help from an opportunist wannabe backup to KO him as well. The shit is already piling onto him from all of his legal woes.
dchill
(38,505 posts)MistakenLamb
(526 posts)Next week someone who was a castmember for 5 days before being fired is hosting
betsuni
(25,538 posts)Seeing Nikki Haley in a skit isn't going to turn anybody into a Republican any more than seeing Sarah Palin on the show did. And not everything's a billionaire/oligarch corporate media conglomerate conspiracy.
Vinca
(50,278 posts)Ferryboat
(922 posts)Sometimes it doesn't go over well. If everyone gets upset because someone like Nikki Haley shows up, we really are a bunch of fragile snowflakes.
twodogsbarking
(9,759 posts)doc03
(35,348 posts)look like I missed much.
JohnnyRingo
(18,636 posts)I remember when SNL had McCain and/or Palin do the same thing. I don't believe it did any political harm to Biden and likely little help for Nikki. It did allow her to atone for her slavery comment, but it was brave of her to do that on live TV. ("Slavery, and I should have said that the first time" )
People have to remember we're the party of tolerance and not a monolithic platform. The other side can be funny too. Let's not lose the ability to laugh together.
twodogsbarking
(9,759 posts)Zambero
(8,964 posts)mostly at Donnie's expense.
dutch777
(3,023 posts)Gotta butt hurt him to not be SNL cool.
brooklynite
(94,598 posts)Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)I mean X. It's pretty common to see outrage like this on a day ending in the letter "Y".
MadMike47
(106 posts)Skits aren't funny. Too many cast members. They need new writers, fresh ideas and they need to get rid of Keenan Thompson. He never was funny.
orleans
(34,060 posts)1. weekend update (for better or worse but it feels like it is beginning to wear on me)
2. kenan thompson
3. bowen yang
tanyev
(42,568 posts)I also enjoy the Please Dont Destroy videos.
IronLionZion
(45,457 posts)so I suppose they're consistent
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ForgoTheConsequence
(4,869 posts)Google Sam Hyde he's an anti-semitic alt-right troll.
Qutzupalotl
(14,317 posts)Comedy is hard for politicians, but she did about as well as could be expected.
What I don't understand are the reactions here. Isn't a longer R primary to our advantage? Prop up the #2 and let them duke it out a while longer?
And even if she does manage to win, she would not set up a fascist dictatorship like TSF would. I'm more against losing American democracy than I am against ever seeing a Republican president again. Because if TSF wins, we would never see another Democratic president, ever. We can handle one term of a Republican president, as long as it's not Trump.
Nevertheless, Biden will be re-elected, I am certain. Women want choice.