"SNL" under fire for a controversial sketch of Britney Spears

Fans accuse the show of having stolen a joke in social media.


Britney Spears' memory, The woman in me , is one of the most spoken celebrity autobiographies in recent years. What the pop star shared on her life in her own words led to countless big titles, even before the release of the book, so it is not surprising that Saturday Night Live I will enter the action. The episode of November 11, animated by Timothy Chalamet , included a controversial sketch on memories. And while many protective fans of Spears for various reasons, including the tutelage to which it has been submitted for years, the sketch is also called for having pretended to have a viral joke of social media.

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The sketch, titled " The woman in me : Auditions , "Imagine what it would be for a plethora of other celebrities to try to record the audiob version of the memory of Spears. (The real audio version is Read by the actor Michelle Williams .) During the sketch, the actors and the chalamet make impressions of Allison Janney ,, Jada Pinkett Smith ,, Ice spice ,, Martin Scorsese , and more reading extracts from autobiography.

In addition to playing spears in the segment, Snl star Chloe Fineman also makes an identity theft of the actor and the model Julia Fox . Rather than reading a real book segment, Fineman-As-Fox reads what some home viewers have recognized as a false extract which has become viral on X (formerly Twitter) weeks ago.

October 16, X User Brian (@Thehalfbloodlad) poster , "" Okay, I'm ready, I put him in "I said and he replied: he is already in it. My world has collapsed." This exchange is not in the book and is rather a joke on the ex of Spears, Justin Timberlake , WHO Not going well In the memories she shares with their relationship.

"My tweet comes from a very well known Sex and city Samantha jokes, " Brian said HuffPost after the broadcast of the episode. "You can look for it on Google. It was just a fan joke and I can't believe that she was blown away like that. Britney is a huge Satc fan and I'm sure she got the reference immediately, but Snl Using it is just weird. That's all I have to say. "

As HuffPost notes, if Brian's message was the source of the text, it is not clear to use in the sketch if the Snl Writers knew it was a joke or believed that it was something Spears wrote. Better life contacted the show to comment. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Some X users criticized the series to "steal" Brian's viral joke. "Bruh. They just used your joke on Snl . You should call them on it, " wrote a user . Another shared , "Oh - So Twitter writes their jokes now." Someone else posted , "They literally stole it on the internet, not a good look." A user said , "The user of Twitter @thehalfbloodlad is entitled to financial compensation" and Brian replied , "Yes @nbcsnl where my money is."

Other fans are not happy that Snl Based a sketch on memories in the first place. "In his book, Britney Spears wrote on her trauma and how everyone used her, even his family members mistreated her and Snl Do you have the audacity to make it fun like this [sic] way? Shame on them!" A user wrote on x . Someone else said , "Is it comedy? Moving a person who shed his soul in a book on his life and the terrible things that happened there?" Another posted user , "It's so without class of Snl . Way to hit. ""

In the meantime, some viewers defend the sketch , explaining that they understood that he made fun of the hearing celebrities, not in Spears. "I continued [youtube] to check the video, ready to get angry Snl , so I realized that the Schetch was not even making fun of Britney, " wrote an X user . "It was just an excuse for some imitations. I mean, they made fun of [Timothy] more than Britney in this song alone."

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