Kenan Thompson says Pete Davidson 'missed the mark' with SNL joke about wounded vet Kenan Thompson thinks his costar Pete Davidson...
Kenan Thompson thinks his costar Pete Davidson may have crossed the line with a joke on the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live.
In a segment during Weekend Update about his first impressions of current political candidates, Davidson mocked Republican congressional candidate Dan Crenshaw, saying his eyepatch made Crenshaw look like a âhitman in a porno.â Davidson then added, âIâm sorry, I know he lost his eye in war or whatever. Whatever.â
The joke immediately drew ire with viewers suggesting on Twitter that Davidson owed Crenshaw an apology for belittling his service. Crenshaw himself said he didnât need an apology in an interview with TMZ. âI want us to get away from this culture where we demand apologies every time someone misspeaks,â he said.
But Davidsonâs castmate Thompson told Today that he felt Davidson had crossed a line. âMy fatherâs a veteran, Vietnam, and I personally would never necessarily go there,â he said. âItâs tough when youâre fishing for jokes. Thatâs how stand-ups feel that thereâs no real filters out there in the world when theyâre trying to go for a great joke or whatever. We try to respect that, but at the same time when you miss the mark, youâre offending people and so you have to really be a little more aware, in my opinion.â
Thompson added, âHe definitely missed the mark. I think he was more so commenting on the fact that the joke maybe didnât land as hard as he wanted to, as opposed to being like I donât care about veterans. I think Peteâs a very humble dude and heâs got a big heart. I donât think he goes out to offend anyone.â
The SNL veteran clarified that sometimes jokes of this nature are an unfortunate result of stand-ups trying to find humor in any situation. âStand-ups are the ones who help us laugh through the most awful things in the first place, so theyâre always fishing in weird places and that was an unfortunate outcome,â he concluded.
Representatives for SNL and Thompson did not immediately respond to request for further comment.
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