Aimee Lou Wood Calls Out SNL For ‘Cheap’ Parody Of Her White Lotus Character; Receives Apology. Good!
The White Lotus fame Aimee Lou Wood also mentioned feeling an Impostor Syndrome on sets of the show.
The White Lotus season 3 fame Aimee Lou Wood called out SNL’s ‘mean’ and ‘unfunny’ sketch. She was not happy with how they chose to represent her on television. Her successful shoe became The White Potus, mocking US President Donald Trump, his wife Melania and their family. Her character, Chelsea, was represented by Sarah Sherman with buck teeth and low intellect. In recent updates, SNL also apologised to her.
Aimee Lou Wood Calls Out SNL
On Sunday, April 14, Aimee Lou Wood took to her Instagram stories and replied to SNL’s ‘mean’ representation. She wrote, “I did find the SNL thing mean and unfunny xo. (Felt righteous, might delete later)” She added that this was a shame because she enjoyed watching the show. She said that she understood the satire, but it should have been more clever and less cheap. Aimee said that SNL apologised to her and also mentioned that it wasn’t Sarah Sherman’s fault.
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She further wrote, ” I actually love being taken the piss out of when it’s clever and in good spirits. But the joke was about fluoride. I have big gap teeth, not bad teeth.”She said that her character, Chelsea, was the only one punched down throughout the show. She also wrote about a recent feeling of impostor syndrome on the sets and being called ‘ugly.’
She mentioned how nobody at HBO called her ugly and how director Mike White had to fight to get her on the show. “It was honestly from the nicest place, but my little head goes: ‘HBO didn’t want me. And I know why HBO didn’t want me, it’s because I’m ugly.”
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First Published: April 14, 2025 2:04 PM
