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Catholic Diocese Demands Apology After Pete Davidson's R. Kelly Joke- VIDEO in LINK
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:01 am
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:01 am
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Catholic officials in New York City demanded on Monday an apology from “Saturday Night Live” and NBC for Pete Davidson’s “disgraceful and offensive” jab at the church in a bit involving R. Kelly.
In the “Weekend Update” segment on the show, the comedian noted that Kelly, a singer facing multiple charges of sexual abuse, “is a monster who should go to jail forever.”
“But if you support the Catholic Church,” he continued (as seen in the clip above), “isn’t that like the same thing as being an R. Kelly fan? I don’t really see the difference, except like one’s music is significantly better.”
The Diocese of Brooklyn blasted the routine in a statement.
“The faithful of our Church are disgusted by the harassment by those in news and entertainment, and this sketch offends millions,” it said. “The mockery of this difficult time in the Church’s history serves no purpose. The clergy sex abuse crisis is shameful, and no one should ever get a laugh at the expense of the victims who have suffered irreparably.”
The church is facing a wave of child sex abuse scandals globally while Kelly has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, some of which allegedly involved underage girls.
“Saturday Night Live” and NBC declined comment.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
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Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:02 am to TechDawg2007
And the public demands they stop diddling kids.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:03 am to TechDawg2007
I mean, the joke wasn’t funny, but that isn’t a reason to get your pointy hat all flustered
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:03 am to TechDawg2007
If it was a shot at the Jewish community everyone would be up in arms.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:04 am to fr33manator
quote:
I mean, the joke wasn’t funny, but that isn’t a reason to get your pointy hat all flustered
Yeah
Its comedy. Its supposed to offend people sometimes.
But he could've definitely worded the joke much better. It has potential and missed the mark.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:05 am to TechDawg2007
Did they demand an apology though?
The article somehow didn't manage to quote that portion of their statement if so.
The article somehow didn't manage to quote that portion of their statement if so.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:05 am to TechDawg2007
People still watch SNL?
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:05 am to TheCaterpillar
It's Saturday Night Live. A long tradition of not being funny.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:05 am to TechDawg2007
If you don’t want to be made fun of for diddling kids and covering it up for decades then stop diddling kids and covering it up for decades.
Seems pretty straightforward.
Seems pretty straightforward.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:06 am to fightin tigers
quote:this is the thread for Catholic baws to more offended by jokes about kid diddling than kid diddling
If it was a shot at the Jewish community everyone would be up in arms.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:07 am to fr33manator
He doesn't care about funny. He just goes for offensive.
He's the worst. Offensive just to be offensive.
He's the worst. Offensive just to be offensive.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:08 am to boosiebadazz
There was an arch Bishop in Texas YEARS ago that had this theory: Back in the day psychologists used to say the best way for a person to be cured of pedophelia was to remain abstinent and the pedophilia would stop. This arch Bishop claims that perhaps this is why some priests joined the priesthood. Because they thought being abstinent would cure their pedophilia. Obviously it didn't, these were just the psychologists thoughts years ago
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:08 am to TheCaterpillar
An Onion article on this would be solid:
"Pope Francis steps in to offer R. Kelly advice, as singer struggles to cover up child abuse charges"
"Pope Francis steps in to offer R. Kelly advice, as singer struggles to cover up child abuse charges"
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:12 am to TechDawg2007
quote:
no one should ever get a laugh at the expense of the victims who have suffered irreparably
That was an artful spin by the church.
The joke was at the expense of the perpetrators, not the victims.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:32 am to TechDawg2007
This post was edited on 3/12/19 at 11:40 am
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:33 am to TechDawg2007
Love that the faithful of the Church are disgusted by a joke and not, umm, the Church.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:37 am to TechDawg2007
Time and energy much better spent getting their house in order and rooting out abuse than worrying about being offended by a joke that was true.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:41 am to TechDawg2007
I wonder if Pete Davidson is gonna post about killing himself on instagram again only for SNL to trot out him looking all disheveled to introduce Shaggy or somebody to show the world he’s still alive.
This post was edited on 3/12/19 at 11:57 am
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:44 am to lsutigersFTW
Well he was correct about the Catholic church having better music!
Posted on 3/12/19 at 11:46 am to TechDawg2007
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This post was edited on 5/26/23 at 4:11 pm
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