{"id":2403492,"date":"2025-02-17T17:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-hanks-sparks-outrage-with-sick-portrayal-of-trump-supporter-on-saturday-night-live-special\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T17:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:04:14","slug":"tom-hanks-sparks-outrage-with-sick-portrayal-of-trump-supporter-on-saturday-night-live-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-hanks-sparks-outrage-with-sick-portrayal-of-trump-supporter-on-saturday-night-live-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks Sparks Outrage with &#8216;Sick&#8217; Portrayal of Trump Supporter on &#8216;Saturday Night Live&#8217; Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftom-hanks-sparks-outrage-with-sick-portrayal-of-trump-supporter-on-saturday-night-live-special%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2403492&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary discusses\u2064 NBC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recent 50th anniversary \u2064special<\/a> \u2062of \u200b&#8221;Saturday Night Live,&#8221; which was criticized for\u2064 delivering a lackluster performance \u2064despite \u200chigh expectations. While the\u2063 show had moments of humor, many sketches, particularly one featuring Tom\u200b Hanks portraying a Donald Trump supporter, were viewed \u200bas unfunny and offensive.\u200c The sketch &#8220;Black Jeopardy&#8221; started strong\u200d but shifted to focus on Hanks&#8217;s character, reinforcing negative stereotypes about Trump supporters. This \u2062portrayal sparked backlash on social media, with many expressing their dissatisfaction with how their political views were represented. while there were some humorous moments, the\u200c special was\u200c largely deemed a\u200c disappointment, failing to capture \u200cthe celebratory spirit one would expect\u2063 from such\u200c a milestone episode.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_5)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>NBC pulled out all the stops to enable what should have been a stellar 50th anniversary Saturday Night Live primetime special to be middling at best.<\/p>\n<p>There were moments of humor, but unfortunately, the program, which aired Sunday night, was littered with sketches that just were not funny and downright stupid, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tom-hanks-movie-absolutely-bombed-embarrassing-opening-haul-less-1-percent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Hanks&rsquo;s<\/a> portrayal of a Donald Trump supporter in one of them.<\/p>\n<p>It happened during a sketch called &ldquo;Black Jeopardy.&rdquo; The premise is solid enough and is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/nbc-insider\/black-jeopardy-snl50-sketch-tom-hanks-tracy-morgan-eddie-murphy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reprise<\/a> of past SNL sketches.<\/p>\n<p>It played on the idea that what African Americans think is important and what they know can be different from the general population, and especially the white population.<\/p>\n<p>It actually started out funny with host <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/02\/eddie-murphy-snl-black-jeopardy-sketch-impersonating-tracy-morgan-while-standing-next-to-tracy-morgan-chris-rock-1236292349\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Darnell Hayes<\/a> (Kenan Thompson) saying, &ldquo;Welcome to Black Jeopardy the only Jeopardy where every single viewer fully understood Kendrick&rsquo;s half-time performance.&rdquo; Yes, most of the population probably found<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-super-bowl-halftime-performer-went-rogue-leftist-activism-show-security-took\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Kendrick Lamar&rsquo;s<\/a> Super Bowl halftime show last weekend kind of bizarre.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Eddie Murphy played Tracy Morgan in the skit, and imitated him to a T, while Tracy Morgan standing right next to Murphy was &ldquo;Darius.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s silly and fun.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Darnell asked Murphy playing Morgan why he&rsquo;s even a participant on &ldquo;Black Jeopardy,&rdquo; given all the money he has.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You gotta have a lot of money if you&rsquo;re going to live like I live. I eat four cheese lasagna. If it only got three cheeses, I ain&rsquo;t eatin&rsquo; it,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;I refuse to eat just three cheeses.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Black Jeopardy! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SNL50?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SNL50<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QFKKTRWeer\">pic.twitter.com\/QFKKTRWeer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Saturday Night Live &ndash; SNL (@nbcsnl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcsnl\/status\/1891303089010831573?\">February 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The sketch continued with a few more lines worth some chuckles with Leslie Jones playing a woman named Shanice filling out the cast.<\/p>\n<p>Then for some reason when it was mostly through, SNL switched out Murphy&rsquo;s character with Hanks,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O7VaXlMvAvk&amp;ab_channel=SaturdayNightLive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> reprising his role<\/a> as Doug from past episodes of &ldquo;Black Jeopardy.&rdquo; He has a Make America Great Again hat on and speaks in a southern drawl. He is of course racist because that&rsquo;s how much Hollywood thinks of Trump supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and Doug&rsquo;s a hypocrite too. After correctly answering that Dana Carvey played the SNL character Church Lady in the 1990s, Doug said, &ldquo;Can I add something? If more people went to church, we wouldn&rsquo;t be in this mess we&rsquo;re in now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Darnell responded, &ldquo;You know what I agree with you, Doug. I&rsquo;d like to shake your hand.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He walked over, but Doug backed away not wanting to shake Darnell&rsquo;s hand, but finally relented. In other words, white MAGA people talk about honoring God and then don&rsquo;t even want to shake a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/natalie-portmans-latest-project-is-a-crime-psychodrama-filled-with-cringe-and-cliches-according-to-the-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Natalie Portman&#039;s latest project is a crime psychodrama filled with cringe and clich\u00e9s, according to the Washington Examiner\">black man&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s hand.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thank you, my brother,&rdquo; Doug said hesitantly and offered, &ldquo;Maybe I&rsquo;ll start a show for you to come on and we&rsquo;ll call it White Jeopardy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t need it,&rdquo; Darnell responded.<\/p>\n<p>Doug not wanting to shake hands with the host was a throwback to the election year of 2016, when once again wearing a MAGA hat, he did the same.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O7VaXlMvAvk?si=O6W8G86DbrbcRCTs&amp;start=234\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Many conservatives blasted Hanks&rsquo;s Sunday performance on social media.<\/p>\n<p>One responded on X, &ldquo;This makes me mad. SNL ran a skit tonight w\/Tom Hanks as a MAGA racist&hellip;he literally recoils when a black game show host reaches to shake hands. So wrong &mdash; MAGA isn&rsquo;t racist! SNL knows they can keep pushing these stupid stereotypes for laughs. Sick.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This makes me mad.<\/p>\n<p>SNL ran a skit tonight w\/Tom Hanks as a MAGA racist&hellip;he literally recoils when a black game show host reaches to shake hands.<\/p>\n<p>So wrong &mdash; MAGA isn&rsquo;t racist!<\/p>\n<p>SNL knows they can keep pushing these stupid stereotypes for laughs. Sick.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jtUh4br6Rq\">pic.twitter.com\/jtUh4br6Rq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kristen Mag (@kristenmag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kristenmag\/status\/1891345769145249870?\">February 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sara Rose wrote, &ldquo;Tom Hanks went on SNL dressed like a slob mocking millions of Trump supporters &ndash; portraying them as dumb, racist, rednecks. Keep it up libs. You&rsquo;ll never win another election again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tom Hanks went on SNL dressed like a slob mocking millions of Trump supporters &ndash; portraying them as dumb, racist, rednecks.<\/p>\n<p>Keep it up libs. You&rsquo;ll never win another election again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MigX4rE0Sa\">pic.twitter.com\/MigX4rE0Sa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sara Rose &#127482;&#127480;&#127801; (@saras76) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saras76\/status\/1891329409736409539?\">February 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Outkick founder Clay Travis rightly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1891356124021973465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pointed out<\/a> in response to the sketch, &ldquo;Fun fact: Trump&rsquo;s 2024 election win was the LEAST racially divisive American election since 1964.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-harris-trump-women-latinos-black-voters-0f3fbda3362f3dcfe41aa6b858f22d12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> reported after November&rsquo;s election that Trump gained ground among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/black-voters-leap-trumps-defense-say-kamala-really-race-chameleon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-trump-now-up-in-michigan-florida-pennsylvania-and-tied-in-wisconsin-and-black-hispanic-and-evangelical-vote-is-up-from-2016\/\" title=\"IT&#039;S HAPPENING! ... Now Up in Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and Tied in Wisconsin -- And Black, Hispanic and Evangelical Vote Is UP from 2016!\">black voters<\/a><\/a>, picking up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national-news\/articles\/2024-11-06\/how-5-key-demographic-groups-helped-trump-win-the-2024-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">16 percent<\/a> of their vote, up from <a href=\"https:\/\/ropercenter.cornell.edu\/how-groups-voted-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12 percent<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump about doubled his  of young Black men &ndash; which helped him among key Democratic voting group. About 3 in 10 Black men under the age of 45 went for Trump, roughly double the number he got in 2020,&rdquo; the AP said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump won more black voters than any Republican presidential candidate since <a href=\"https:\/\/ropercenter.cornell.edu\/how-groups-voted-1976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gerald Ford<\/a> in 1976 (who received 17 percent), according to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-black-voters-gains-results-1982939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Further, Trump won <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national-news\/articles\/2024-11-06\/how-5-key-demographic-groups-helped-trump-win-the-2024-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">42 percent<\/a> of the Hispanic vote, up from <a href=\"https:\/\/ropercenter.cornell.edu\/how-groups-voted-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">32 percent<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In his opening monologue Sunday night, comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/steve-martin-stays-trump-jokes-reason-preach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Martin<\/a> took a few more lighthearted jabs at Trump and his policies.<\/p>\n<p>Martin said early in the monologue that he had been vacationing on a boat in the Gulf of Steve Martin, but decided to make the trip for the SNL 50 celebration. That was an obvious reference to Trump&rsquo;s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-explains-battle-associated-press-much-just-gulf-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gulf of America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SNL50?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SNL50<\/a> monologue! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1L4xgiZ9r1\">pic.twitter.com\/1L4xgiZ9r1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Saturday Night Live &ndash; SNL (@nbcsnl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcsnl\/status\/1891298366543237123?\">February 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Near the end of the monologue, Martin&rsquo;s good friend and fellow comedian Martin Short joined him on stage.<\/p>\n<p>Short turned to Martin and said, &ldquo;I thought we were hosting together.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Martin asked Short, who is Canadian, if he had his passport on him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I.C.E. get him,&rdquo; Martin said, and agents (fake of course) showed up and removed Short from the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Short called out as he was being dragged away, &ldquo;No, I&rsquo;ll cooperate. I&rsquo;ll name names&rdquo; and then began calling out other Canadian natives like Mike Myers and Jim Carrey.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, that&rsquo;s funny, especially given Trump&rsquo;s trolling of Canada and Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-adds-insult-injury-trudeau-announces-resignation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Trudeau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So the 50th-anniversary show had its moments, but overall it was a miss, particularly Hanks&rsquo;s portrayal of Trump supporters.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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While there were some humorous moments, the show, which aired on Sunday night, was filled with sketches that fell flat and were quite silly. One notable example was Tom Hanks&#8217;s depiction of a Donald Trump supporter in a sketch titled &#8220;Black Jeopardy.&#8221; The concept had potential and revisited themes from previous SNL sketches by highlighting the differences in perspectives between African Americans and the general population, particularly white individuals. It began with humor when host Darnell Hayes (Kenan Thompson) welcomed viewers by saying they all understood Kendrick Lamar\u2019s halftime performance at the Super Bowl\u2014something many found confusing. <\/p>\n<p>Eddie Murphy portrayed Tracy Morgan in this skit perfectly while Morgan played a character named Darius alongside him. 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