They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but “White Lotus” breakout star Aimee Lou Wood would disagree.
The April 12 episode of “Saturday Night Live” featured a pre-taped spoof of the Mike White drama series, which starred Sarah Sherman as a parodied version of Wood’s character, Chelsea. On Sunday, Wood took to her Instagram Stories to express her frustration with the portrayal, calling it “mean and unfunny.”
“Such a shame cuz I had such a great time watching it a couple of weeks ago,” she wrote. “Yes, take the piss for sure – that’s what the show is about- but there must be a cleverer, more nuanced, less cheap way?”
The sketch in question was aimed mostly at Donald Trump’s inner circle as tariffs ravage the global economy. It starred James Austin Johnson as the president, Chloe Fineman and Melania Trump, Mikey Days as Donald Trump Jr. and Jon Hamm as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
In one moment, Hamm’s RFK, dressed as Walton Goggin’s Rick, says, “I’ve been having these insane ideas, like what if we took all the fluoride out of the drinking water? What would that do to people’s teeth?” The camera then reveals Sherman’s Chelsea, sporting an exaggerated accent and enlarged false teeth. She responds, “Fluoride? What’s that?”
Wood wrote that she received “thousands of messages” of support after posting her gripes with the late-night sketch show. She later revealed that she even got “apologies from ‘SNL.’”
Check out the entire “SNL” “White Lotus” parody below.
