Woody Harrelson is trending following his fifth “SNL” hosting stint, but not for a funny sketch. The “Champions” actor is drawing criticism for spreading anti-vaccine sentiments in his monologue at the top of the episode, during which he spun a yarn likening the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine mandate to a drug cartel-pushing product.
The rambling monologue found Harrelson speaking about a script he read pre-2020 that foretold the Covid-19 pandemic.
“So the movie goes like this: The biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes. And people can only come out if they take the cartel’s drugs and keep taking them over and over.”
He continued: “I threw the script away — I mean, who was going to believe that crazy idea? Being forced to do drugs?...
The rambling monologue found Harrelson speaking about a script he read pre-2020 that foretold the Covid-19 pandemic.
“So the movie goes like this: The biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes. And people can only come out if they take the cartel’s drugs and keep taking them over and over.”
He continued: “I threw the script away — I mean, who was going to believe that crazy idea? Being forced to do drugs?...
- 2/26/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
“Oh, it’s wonderful to be here in the town of East Palestine, not a great name,” said the James Austin Johnson-portrayed Donald Trump tonight, kicking off Saturday Night Live. “I’m here and I brought hats, cameras and hats,” he added after taking a swipe at Joe Biden for visiting the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier this week and had a visit from his own legal troubles.
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“That’s why you need me,” the Maga hat-wearing SNL Trump went on to say. “I feel like I could Schitt’s Creek this place,” he added,...
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“That’s why you need me,” the Maga hat-wearing SNL Trump went on to say. “I feel like I could Schitt’s Creek this place,” he added,...
- 2/26/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
For Nick and Vanessa Lachey, family comes first.
“That was one of the things I think that really drew us to each other is we both really value family and how important family is,” Nick, 43, tells People for the annual World’s Most Beautiful issue.
“We both knew we wanted a family,” he adds, explaining that “at this point” in the couple’s lives, “it is the single biggest priority” for them.
And with three little ones — Phoenix Robert, 4 months, Brooklyn Elisabeth, 2, and Camden John, 4½ — Vanessa, 36, credits “a lot of teamwork” to helping the pair strike a balance. “I say...
“That was one of the things I think that really drew us to each other is we both really value family and how important family is,” Nick, 43, tells People for the annual World’s Most Beautiful issue.
“We both knew we wanted a family,” he adds, explaining that “at this point” in the couple’s lives, “it is the single biggest priority” for them.
And with three little ones — Phoenix Robert, 4 months, Brooklyn Elisabeth, 2, and Camden John, 4½ — Vanessa, 36, credits “a lot of teamwork” to helping the pair strike a balance. “I say...
- 4/25/2017
- by Mariah Haas
- PEOPLE.com
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