It seems Saturday Night Live isn’t the one present dealing with warmth for letting some bad words fly on reside tv this week.
Thursday on CBS Mornings, co-host Gayle King let a homosexual slur slip whereas quoting one among visitor Matteo Lane‘s jokes to the comic, igniting blended reactions from audiences on social media.
“Let’s speak in regards to the stand-up. Can I simply say one joke? I hope I don’t get in hassle,” prefaced King. “You do a riff about white ladies who approached you, and so they mentioned one thing about cooking, and also you mentioned, ‘What within the f—strive are you speaking about?’ I assumed that was hilarious. What does that imply?”
After suppressing his personal laughter, Lane appeared validated as he responded, “I really like you, Gayle King. It means precisely what you suppose it means. White ladies, they’re superb throughout the day, however they’ve one sip of a rosé and so they’re like, ‘Tonight’s about me!’ They gained’t cease, I’m telling you. Horrible.”
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Whereas King’s visitor was amused, not everybody on social media took away the identical supposed humor.
“Not okay with @GayleKing utilizing the f-slur in her interview with #MatteoLane on @cbs,” wrote one individual on X. “That phrase has a really darkish historical past for homosexual males. The actual fact it was used so casually and laughed at on morning TV, even when she was quoting his standup, is actually miserable.”
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