11 months ago
Aimee Lou Wood: Confronting SNL Sketch Like Childhood Bullies
Aimee Lou Wood, known for her roles in shows like Sex Education, spoke out against a sketch on Saturday Night Live (SNL).
The sketch poked fun at her character from The White Lotus.
Wood said the sketch was mean and unfunny, and compared the experience of calling them out to confronting childhood bullies.
She posted her feelings on social media, which led to apologies from SNL.
Wood says she is happy she spoke up, viewing it as breaking a pattern of not standing up for herself.
She is currently promoting her new drama, Film Club, and is set to appear in the film Anxious People with Angelina Jolie and Jason Segel.
Aimee Lou Wood criticized an SNL sketch parodying her character.
The SNL sketch was from April.
Wood described the SNL sketch as "mean and unfunny."
She compared the situation to not standing up to bullies.
Wood received apologies from SNL.
- Who
- Aimee Lou Wood and Saturday Night Live (SNL)
- What
- Wood criticized an SNL sketch.
- Where
- On social media and in interviews.
- When
- After an April SNL sketch aired.
- Why
- Wood found the SNL sketch "mean and unfunny."
Key facts
- Subject
- Aimee Lou Wood
- Incident
- Criticism of an SNL sketch
- Sketch
- Parody of The White Lotus
- Wood's Reaction
- Described the sketch as "mean and unfunny"
- Outcome
- Received apologies from SNL
- Wood's Perspective
- Act of breaking a pattern of not standing up to bullies
Quotes
Aimee Lou Wood
BAFTA-winning star of The White Lotus and Sex Education
“I don’t regret saying it because it was breaking a pattern, which is what I would usually do – what I did when I was younger and got bullied”
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“No matter what chaos came from it, I’m still happy for me and my personal journey that I said something.”
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