Woody Harrelson raises eyebrows with ‘SNL’ anti-vaccine joke – National | 24CA News

When Hollywood actor Woody Harrelson instructed a joke about an anti-vaccine conspiracy principle on Saturday Night Live this week, the viewers was uncertain methods to react.

The joke, which has since created controversy on-line, was a part of Harrelson’s SNL opening monologue. Harrelson, 61, instructed the viewers he’d been despatched a film script with a transparent, real-world metaphor.

“So, the movie goes like this: the biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes, and people can only come out if they take the cartel’s drugs and keep taking them over and over,” stated Harrelson.

The punchline: “I threw the script away. I mean, who is gonna believe that crazy idea! Being forced to do drugs? I do them voluntarily all day long.”

The New York viewers launched a spherical of tense laughter, clearly uncertain methods to reply.

Neither SNL nor Harrelson has commented publicly on the monologue.

Harrelson, who obtained his begin on Cheers, has been recognized to sometimes share conspiracy theories. In the previous, Harrelson has publicly questioned the legitimacy of 9/11 as a terrorist assault, claimed there could also be a connection between 5G networks and COVID-19 and has referred to as sporting masks in the course of the pandemic “absurd.”

Harrelson hosted SNL for the fifth time on Saturday and was honoured as a part of the Five-Timers Club.

Almost instantly after the episode aired, Harrelson’s joke grew to become the topic of fierce debate on-line. Many social media customers with anti-vaccine beliefs praised Harrelson. Others felt the joke was a dangerous technique of spreading false, anti-science rhetoric concerning the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Re Woody Harrelson and #SNL, whenever anyone spews anti-vax stupidity, I always think of the countless videos of traumatized/crying doctors, nurses and hospital workers who were climbing over bodies in Covid’s early days,” wrote Twitter person Ballark. “So yeah, f**k Woody Harrelson.”

In Canada, over 80 per cent of the inhabitants (excluding Quebec) is totally vaccinated, in response to statistics offered by the Canadian authorities. Over 83 per cent of Canadians have been administered at the least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccination is hottest amongst Canadians over the age of 60.

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Frequently up to date details about COVID-19 is offered from the authorities of Canada and the World Health Organization.

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