‘SNL’ Lampoons Try Guys Controversy With Sketch Mimicking Response Video to Ned Fulmer’s Exit
variety.comWilson Chapman editor “Saturday Night Live” parodied the intense social media reaction to the drama surrounding popular online comedy group the Try Guys with a sketch that featured parodies of the group’s remaining three members.
Episode host Brendan Gleeson, who was on the show to promote his upcoming film “The Banshees of Inisherin,” starred in the sketch as a CNN White House correspondent reporting on important developments in America’s relations with Russia.
But — much to the befuddlement of anchor Ego Nwodim — Gleeson interrupts the report to announce that the Try Guys have responded to the controversy surrounding Ned Fulmer, who was fired from the group after admitting to a “consensual workplace relationship” with a producer of the group’s online video series. “It’s obviously an evolving story, but CNN can confirm that the Try Guys have released an official Youtube video clapping back at ex-Try Guy Ned Fulmer, the wife guy-Try Guy,” Gleeson says. “He disrespected the brand by making out with one of the Food Babies at the Harry Styles concert,” referring to details of the scandal.
Bowen Yang, Mikey Day and Andrew Dismukes played the three Try Guys Eugene Lee Yang, Zach Kornfeld and Keith Habersberger, appearing on CNN in a video formation identical to the one seen in their initial video addressing Fulmer’s exit from the video series, which is produced by a company founded by all four initial members.
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