The Worst Saturday Night Live Controversies In History

Published on 04/21/2021
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Pete Davidson

We can probably make an entire gallery of controversies that involve Pete Davidson. But that won’t be any fun, would it? Let us focus on this incident from 2018. “You may be surprised to hear he’s a congressional candidate from Texas and not a hitman in a porno movie,” he said about Dan Crenshaw, a congressman who lost an eye in Iraq. He was criticized a lot for this. The week after that, the politician appeared on the show and apologized to the comedian in person!

Pete Davidson

Pete Davidson

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Dana Carvey, Matthew Broderick, Dennis Miller, Jon Lovitz, And Kevin Nealon

Actor Matthew Broderick sketched with Dennis Miller, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Nealon, and Dana Carvey in 1988. The foursome had been hanging out at a nude beach and said “penis” more than 40 times over the course of the sketch. This was actually a part of the plan, so they were not particularly bothered about it. A writer called William Clotworthy said, “We knew we’d hear from the public, and did we! The sketch generated 46 thousand letters of complaint. 45,999 were form letters sent to Reverend Donald Wildmon and his American Family Association…”

Dana Carvey, Matthew Broderick, Dennis Miller, Jon Lovitz, And Kevin Nealon

Dana Carvey, Matthew Broderick, Dennis Miller, Jon Lovitz, And Kevin Nealon

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