Tom Hanks Faces Backlash Over SNL Skit Portraying Trump Supporter
Tom Hanks has found himself at the center of controversy following his portrayal of a Trump supporter in Saturday Night Live’s 50th-anniversary special. The skit, a revisit of the 2016 Black Jeopardy! segment, sparked outrage among conservative viewers, who accused Hanks and SNL of mocking Trump voters with outdated stereotypes.
The Controversial Skit
In the sketch, Hanks reprised his role as Doug, a working-class Trump voter clad in an American Eagle T-shirt and a red Make America Great Again hat. Just like in the original segment, Doug surprises the host, Darnell Hayes (played by Kenan Thompson), by answering all the trivia questions correctly—despite initial assumptions that he wouldn’t connect with Black culture.
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