‘White Lotus’ Star Aimee Lou Wood Blasts ‘SNL’ Over ‘Mean’ Mocking Sketch

“The White Lotus” star took to social media Sunday morning to specific disappointment over a skit that spoofed her character Chelsea, initially portrayed within the HBO collection.

The section, which aired Saturday night time, was a pre-taped parody centered on Donald Trump and his workforce, but in addition featured comic Sarah Sherman doing an exaggerated impression of Wooden’s character, full with a thick accent and outsized pretend enamel.

“Fluoride? What’s that?” Sherman quipped within the sketch, whereas donning a distorted model of Wooden’s on-screen persona.

Wooden responded on her Instagram Tales, writing, “I did discover the ‘SNL’ factor imply and unfunny xo. (Felt righteous, may delete later).”

She adopted up with one other publish, saying, “Such a disgrace cuz I had such a good time watching it a few weeks in the past.”

Acknowledging the present’s status for satire, the “Intercourse Schooling” actress clarified, “Sure, take the p-ss for positive, that’s what the present is about, however there should be a cleverer, extra nuanced, much less low cost means?”

Wooden additionally took time to handle a separate rumor that somebody at HBO had referred to as her “ugly,” firmly shutting it down.

“No person at HBO referred to as me ugly!!” she wrote, including that “White Lotus” creator Mike White had been her greatest supporter.

Following her posts, Aimee Lou Wooden revealed that “SNL” had reached out and apologized for the sketch.

The incident comes simply days after Wooden opened as much as The Sunday Times about her frustrations with how a lot consideration her enamel have garnered all through her profession.

“It’s, like, cool, and now I need to cease f-cking speaking about it,” she stated within the April 5 interview. “Can I discuss my character? Why am I speaking about my gnashers? It’s like now I’m only a pair of entrance enamel.”

The “White Lotus” actress defined that though she understands why individuals discover empowerment in her embracing of bodily imperfections, she’s nonetheless adjusting to being outlined by them. “It does really feel a bit bizarre that the factor I bought bullied for is now the factor that everybody’s, like, ‘Woo!’” she stated. “It’s nonetheless the factor that’s defining me.”

In a February interview with “On Demand Entertainment,” the “White Lotus” star revealed she by no means imagined she’d land roles within the U.S. leisure business.

“I simply don’t suppose I look very American. Like in any respect,” she admitted. “It’s the enamel. Like, no Individuals have my enamel.”

Wooden went on to say that many American actors with distinctive smiles usually find yourself getting veneers, conforming to the business’s magnificence requirements. Her determination to maintain her pure enamel, nonetheless, is now a part of what units her aside, and what audiences have come to like about her.