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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-02T20:44:26.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Armie hammer",
    "Ashley padilla",
    "Connor storrie",
    "Jk rowling",
    "John davidson",
    "Saturday night live",
    "Snl",
    "Tourette syndrome",
    "his injured stripper bit",
    "_Heated Rivalry_ co-star Hudson Williams showing up",
    "involuntarily shouting a racial slur",
    "alleged cannibalistic sexual fantasies",
    "a statement Monday",
    "_Tourette Association of America_",
    "_Variety_"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nConnor Storrie’s starring turn as the host of the newest episode of _Saturday Night Live_ went viral for his injured stripper bit and his _Heated Rivalry_ co-star Hudson Williams showing up, but now people are also talking about a controversial faux PSA that didn’t make it onto the broadcast but was released online.\n\nThe sketch depicted canceled celebrities blaming their controversial actions on Tourette syndrome — in the wake of Tourette's campaigner John Davidson involuntarily shouting a racial slur while _Sinners_ stars Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting at the BAFTA Film Awards.\n\nIn the sketch, Storrie plays Armie Hammer, while other _SNL_ comedians portray celebrities like J.K. Rowling, Mel Gibson, _The Real Housewives of New York_ star Jill Zarin, Louis C.K., Bill Cosby, and Kanye West, who all claim that their poor behavior can be blamed on Tourette’s.\n\n“Not many people know this, but one of the most common side effects of Tourette’s is cannibalism,” Storrie says while acting as Hammer, who faced massive backlash when leaked messages made public his alleged cannibalistic sexual fantasies.\n\n_SNL_ cast member Ashley Padilla played a fictional Rowling blaming her blatant transphobia on Tourette’s. “Tourette’s isn’t just blurting out an offensive word,” she said. “It can be years-long obsession with something like trans life and a deep anger that someone who was born with a wand in their pants would want that one removed and replaced with a Horcrux.”\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nWhile some people saw this skit — which didn’t air with the _SNL_ episode on NBC, but was later posted on YouTube and the show's social media accounts — as a comedic way to poke fun at celebs who will use any excuse necessary to avoid accountability, disability activists felt it was damaging to an already marginalized group.\n\n\"We had hoped this would be a new week and we could move on but the release of further content online that has been designed to ridicule Tourette's and reduce our community to a punchline has only deepened that hurt,” CEO of Tourettes Action Emma McNally said in a statement Monday.\n\nThe _SNL_ skit stemmed from Davidson swearing and saying a racial slur during the BAFTAs due to his Tourette syndrome, which for him causes tics and uncontrollable outbursts called coprolalia. Coprolalia is a medical term used to describe outbursts that often include “obscene words or socially inappropriate and derogatory remarks,” and for a small number of people, these outbursts can manifest as “racial or ethnic slurs in the company of the very people who would be most offended by such remarks,” according to the _Tourette Association of America_.\n\nIn a recent interview with ___Variety_, Davidson explained how painful the experience at the BAFTAs was for him and how he’s experienced violence because of his tics in the past. “When socially unacceptable words come out, the guilt and shame on the part of the person with the condition is often unbearable and causes enormous distress,” he said. “I can’t begin to explain how upset and distraught I have been as the impact from Sunday sinks in.”\n\nIn her statement, McNally said making fun of someone with this condition is cruel. “Mocking a disability is never acceptable,” she wrote. “It would not be tolerated for any other condition, and it should not be tolerated by people with Tourette's.\"\n\nShe stressed that Tourette’s is a “debilitating” disability and shouldn’t be a way to slam celebrities for their bad behavior when what society really needs is “compassion, accurate information and above all, we need education.”\n\n\"Tourette’s is a complex neurological condition, of which there is no cure. It is not a joke,” McNally said. “It is not a personality trait. It is not a source of entertainment. It is a condition that can be extremely debilitating, causing pain isolation and huge amounts of discrimination.”",
  "title": "SNL under fire for 'mocking' Tourette's in sketch"
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