“Saturday Night Live” cast member Pete Davidson has apologized for mocking the appearance of a veteran who lost an eye in Afghanistan.
He says Lt. Com. Dan Crenshaw, now a congressman-elect from Texas, “deserves all the respect in the world.”
On SNL’s “Weekend Update” segment , Davidson was joined by Crenshaw, a Navy SEAL.
Davidson had mocked Crenshaw a week earlier, saying viewers might be surprised he’s “not a hit man in a movie.”
Crenshaw, a Republican who won a House seat Tuesday, took some joking shots at Davidson.
Crenshaw got serious at the end, encouraging civilians and veterans to connect and paying tribute to heroes like Davidson’s father, a firefighter who died on 9/11.
(AP)
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Why does this belong here?
What? Is this YWN or am I reading fox entertainment or something? Quite disappointing that this is what’s on a frum, yeshivish (it is yeshivaworld after all) website.
@batseven appaently your new here. Yeshiva World News standards have been way below the Torah standards for a long time.
This article absolutely belongs here. It’s safe to assume that most of us don’t watch Saturday Night Live, even if we have a television. This article is important because it showcases the nastiness in the media towards political candidates (particularly conservatives), to the point of insulting someone with a disability from serving in the US Armed Forces. For the sake of it all, Saturday Night Live and CNN are more-or-less synonymous
It belongs here because it is one of the rare circumstances where two sides in a highly polarized circumstance were able to come together because one was able to acknowledge a major error in judgement and seek reconciliation. Note that the Republican Congressman, aside from being a war hero, has been very critical of the Trumpkopf’s rhetoric although supporter of his policies. You don’t have to watch SNL to appreciate this rare moment of comity in our badly fractured political dialogue.
I disagree entirely! This is valuable news that shows a goy can apologise to whom he mocked in public,- admit he was wrong, and do teshuvah……
Thanks for this YWN.
Well written, gadolhadora
The president should learn from both of these people.
Pete Davidson while not Jewish, had a Jewish father who was killed on 9/11
This is not the first time that SNL has apologized for an inappropriate characterization. It is important that it was done this time simply because we have an administration that mocks and yet never apologizes. Perhaps the president can be shown the way. He’s mocked POC, LGBT individuals and people with physical disabilities while hurling unsubstantiated insults.
Gadolhadorah Why do you have such a venomous hatred toward our President? And why do you call him Trumpkopf?
And Mmil Zola Why are you putting together lgbt with physical disabilities and POC? Nobody with any kind of disability should ever be mocked, to do so is a very horrible thing! And nobody should ever be mocked because of their race. That too would be totally despicable! However, lgbt = toeiva. We must be very outspoken against toeiva!