Actor Tom Hanks appeared on SNL for its 50th anniversary special, portraying a White Trump supporter who initially refuses to shake the hand of a Black game show host.
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ActorTomHanks’appearanceonSaturdayNightLive(SNL)forits50thanniversaryspecialsparkedcontroversyonlineafterHanksportrayedaWhiteTrumpsupporterwearingaMAGAhatandsportingaruralaccent.
Intheskit,Hanks’characterappearsonaparodygameshowcalledBlackJeopardy.Afterhegetsacorrectanswerandiscongratulated,HanksinitiallyrefusestoshaketheBlackhost’shand,playedbyKenanThompson.
“Forits50-yearanniversaryspecial,SNLhadTomHanksplayaracistTrumpsupporterafraidtoshakeablackman’shand,”OutkickfounderClayTraviswroteonXMonday.“Funfact:Trump’s2024electionwinwastheLEASTraciallydivisiveAmericanelectionsince1964.”
Hanksplayedthesamecharacterina2016SNLskitthatairedjustdaysbeforePresidentDonaldTrumpwaselectedtohisfirstterminoffice.
JOEPISCOPOADMITSTRUMPSUPPORTWAS‘THENAILINMYCOFFININHOLLYWOOD’
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