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Tom Hanks’ Shocking Appearance On Saturday Night Live Makes Trump Fans Very Angry
When Tom Hanks’ MAGA-wearing ‘Doug’ character appeared on Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary special, it infuriated Donald Trump supporters.
Celebrities from all over the world gathered in New York on Sunday, February 16, to commemorate Saturday Night Live’s significant birthday.
Meryl Streep, Martin Short, Jack Nicholson, and Aubrey Plaza were among the many celebrities who attended the 50th anniversary celebration of the sketch comedy.
Hanks attended the event as well, and the actor made an appearance in a comedy that has generated some controversy among Trump supporters.
Wearing a red ‘Make America Great Again’ cap, the Forrest Gump actor portrayed a man named Doug on the parody game show Black Jeopardy.
The spoof show’s host, Kenan Thompson, attempted to shake Doug’s hand during the skit, but at first he declined.
Doug did eventually perform the greeting gesture, before saying: “Don’t like that, whoa, whoa, whoa. Maybe I’ll start a show for you to come on and we’ll call it White Jeopardy.”
After the sketch aired, a large number of Trump supporters took to Twitter, and it’s safe to say that the great majority were not impressed.
One post said: “Tom Hanks went on SNL dressed like a slob mocking millions of Trump supporters – portraying them as dumb, racist, rednecks.”
“Keep it up libs. You’ll never win another election again.”
While Link Lauren, a former advisor to Robert F. Kennedy Jr, wrote: “Tom Hanks just came out on SNL in a MAGA hat for a bit where he acted like he didn’t want to shake a black man’s hand.”
“This show wonders why their ratings are in the gutter. Trump won the popular vote. This tired trope that MAGA is racist is disgusting. SNL is an unfunny show for snobbish liberal elites. The current Republican Party is a big tent coalition compromised of many former Democrats. Good riddance, SNL!”
A third Trump supporter penned: “No one in the audience laughs as Tom Hanks appears on SNL as a racist Trump supporter that refuses to shake hands with a black man,” while another remarked: “This makes me mad. SNL ran a skit tonight w/Tom Hanks as a MAGA racist…he literally recoils when a black game show host reaches to shake hands.”
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