Saturday Night Live have reportedly issued an apology to Aimee Lou Wood after she slammed a ‘mean’ sketch that mocked her teeth.
On Sunday night, The White Lotus star shared a series of posts condemning the sketch show after Sarah Sherman wore huge prosthetic teeth while parodying Aimee.
In response to being mocked on the show, the Sex Education star, 31, took to her Instagram Story to slam SNL and address rumours about HBO.
After the actress went viral for her takedown of the ‘mean and unfunny’ skit, she claimed that SNL had reached out to extend an olive branch.
Alongside a selfie distorted to make her eyes and mouth larger, she penned: ‘I’ve had apologies from SNL’.
In the sketch, named The White Potus, it imagined the Trump family and various political figures on holiday at the famous retreat.
Saturday Night Live have reportedly issued an apology to Aimee Lou Wood after she slammed a ‘mean’ sketch that mocked her teeth
On Sunday night, The White Lotus star shared a series of posts condemning the sketch show after Sarah Sherman (pictured) wore huge prosthetic teeth while parodying Aimee
After the actress went viral for her takedown of the ‘mean and unfunny’ skit, she claimed that SNL had reached out to extend an olive branch
Walton Goggins’ character Rick was reimagined as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who was seen on a rambling rant debating they take ‘all the fluoride out of the water’.
The camera then cut to Aimee’s character Chelsea – played by Sarah – with exaggerated buck teeth, who exclaimed: ‘Fluoride? What’s that?’
In response, Aimee took aim at the ‘cheap’ joke, as she wrote: ‘Such a shame cuz I had such a great time watching it a couple weeks ago. Yes, take the p**s for sure – that’s what the show is about- but there must be a cleverer, more nuanced, less cheap way?’
She also shared messages of support from her followers and sister Emily, admitting she’d received ‘thousands’ of messages backing her up.
Aimee continued: ‘Last thing I’ll say on the matter. I am not thin skinned. I actually love being taken the p**s out of when it’s clever and in good spirits. But the joke was about fluoride. I have big gap teeth not bad teeth.
‘I don’t mind caricature – I understand that’s what SNL is. But the rest of the skit was punching up and I/ Chelsea was the only one punched down On… Okay end of.’
To conclude, she shared a comment from a fan that read: ‘It was a sharp and funny skit until it suddenly took a screeching turn into 1970’s misogyny’, she added: ‘This sums up my view’.
Earlier in the day, Aimee shared more thoughts on the matter, admitting: ‘Whilst in honest mode – I did find the SNL thing mean and unfunny,’ she told her followers.
After noting she was feeling ‘righteous’ but ‘might delete’ her post later, fans encouraged her not to remove it.
‘Don’t delete it, one comment read. ‘It was mean and unfunny and saying it out loud removes their power.
In the sketch, the camera cut to Aimee’s character Chelsea – played by Sarah – with exaggerated buck teeth, who exclaimed: ‘Fluoride? What’s that?’
In response, Aimee took aim at the ‘cheap’ joke, as she wrote: ‘Yes, take the p**s for sure – that’s what the show is about- but there must be a cleverer, more nuanced, less cheap way?’
She also shared messages of support from her followers who had reached out to share their thoughts on the sketch and said they’d been inspired by the actress
The Sex Education actress revealed she’d had ‘thousands’ of messages supporting her
She also shared a sweet post from her little sister Emily who shared a selfie of the pair
To conclude she lashed out once more at her ‘misogynistic’ portrayal in the skit
‘You’re unreal in every way, I have a big gap in my teeth and an overbite and you’ve genuinely made me feel so much better about myself.
‘I was going to spend thousands on fixing it all which I’m not doing now because I look at you and think how gorgeous you look so why not try and apply that logic to myself,’ they concluded.
Another commenter wrote, ‘I agree- everyone else in that parody was a political figure who was being mocked.
‘The only character who wasn’t political was Chelsea, and they were clearly just taking the piss out of your appearance/accent, which is extremely c***y and uncalled for.’
Earlier, she clarified that ‘nobody at HBO called’ her ‘ugly.’
‘That was my own paranoid thought’ she explained, referring to a recent interview, which she says was misconstrued.
The star continued: ‘Nobody at HBO would say that. My point in the article was about how our mind plays tricks on us. Please read carefully before getting angry for me.’
‘So to conclude today’s rant: @hbo – kind and supportive and never wronged me so leave them alone. @nbcsnl – mean.’
MailOnline has contacted NBC for comment.
Earlier in the day, Aimee shared more thoughts on the matter, as she slammed SNL and addressed rumours about HBO
She insisted HBO had been ‘super supportive’ but she was suffering from ‘imposter syndrome’
In a recent interview with British GQ, Aimee explained that White Lotus creator Mike White had to ‘fight’ to cast her, which made her feel insecure.
She continued: ‘When someone (not a producer) told me Mike fought for me it was said in a nice way.
‘I just spiraled about it because of my own imposter syndrome. That was my point. Just really wanted to clear that up because hbo have been nothing but super supportive.
In the GQ article, Aimee dove into the insecurity, saying, ‘My little head goes: “HBO didn’t want me. And I know why HBO didn’t want me, it’s because I’m ugly.”‘
‘Mike had to say, “Please let me have the ugly girl!” That was the thing that was in my head,’ she continued.
Elsewhere in the interview, Aimee spoke about the interest in her natural overbite and gapped buck teeth, which she worried had progressed to the point that it was stealing attention from her performance.
She worried that her teeth were now seen by some White Lotus fans as something ‘goofy’ that she hadn’t yet had ‘fixed.’
‘It makes me really happy that it’s symbolizing rebellion and freedom, but there’s a limit,’ she said.
In a series of slides the British actress wrote her sentiment over the photos
‘The whole conversation is just about my teeth, and it makes me a bit sad because I’m not getting to talk about my work.
‘They think it’s nice because they’re not criticizing,’ she said of those focused on her smile, before pausing and suggesting that the whole discussion might be tied in with sexism.
‘And, I have to go there… I don’t know if it was a man would we be talking about it this much? It’s still going on about a woman’s appearance,’ she added.
Aimee has been praised online for leaving her buck teeth natural, instead of caving into the artificial beauty standards of Hollywood.
During an appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show, the actress marveled: ‘I can’t believe the impact my teeth are having. Americans can’t get over them.
‘Even the way White Lotus fans are talking about me and my teeth — that I don’t have veneers or Botox — it feels a bit rebellious.’
