Aimee Lou Wooden has make clear the apology she says she acquired from Saturday Night time Dwell after this week’s White Lotus-inspired parody.
After talking out earlier this week about what she referred to as a “imply and unfunny” sketch that aired on the NBC collection Saturday night time (“The White POTUS” swapped characters from season three of HBO’s Mike White-created trip saga with President Trump, his household and members of his cupboard), Wooden says the SNL star who portrayed her character, Sarah Sherman, has despatched her flowers.
“Thanks for the attractive flowers,” wrote Wooden on her Instagram Tales. She tagged Sherman together with the holding-back-tears emoji, a bow and a coronary heart.
Wooden has been taking to Instagram because the sketch went viral, accusing the skit of “punching up and I/Chelsea was the one one punched down.” Wooden, who performed the character of Chelsea on the White Lotus, clarified that it wasn’t Sherman’s fault (“Not hating on her, hating on the idea,” she wrote) however initially took concern with Sherman’s British accent and pretend tooth (“The joke was about fluoride. I’ve large hole tooth not unhealthy tooth,” she added).
“Sure, take the piss for certain — that’s what the present is about — however there have to be a [more clever], extra nuanced, much less low-cost means?” she wrote to her 2.9 million followers.
Wooden had later mentioned she acquired an apology from SNL, however didn’t make clear who the message got here from. (THR went out to reps for SNL and Wooden.)
In her post-finale interview concerning the White Lotus with The Hollywood Reporter, the Intercourse Schooling star, who had beforehand opened up concerning the fan response to her position and her tooth, touched on the overwhelming response to her beloved character, which included outrage over her poignant ending.
“It looks like at the moment is the primary new day that I’ve had in a really very long time,” she mentioned after the April 6 season finale. “As a result of this journey has felt so lengthy — and the weekly factor, I find it irresistible, nevertheless it’s meant that I’m nonetheless in it. However now I really feel like I’ve been launched and it’s unhappy, nevertheless it’s additionally, like, I’m free to be Aimee once more.”