Woody Harrelson Under Fire for Spreading Anti-Vax Conspiracies During ‘SNL’ Monologue
thewrap.comrambling monologue found Harrelson speaking about a script he read pre-2020 that foretold the COVID-19 pandemic.“So the movie goes like this: The biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes.
And people can only come out if they take the cartel’s drugs and keep taking them over and over.”He continued: “I threw the script away — I mean, who was going to believe that crazy idea?
Being forced to do drugs? I do that voluntarily all day long.”It’s unclear how much of this portion of the monologue was written by “SNL” writers and how much was written by Harrelson.
A representative for NBC did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.Immediate reaction to Harrelson’s monologue on Twitter ranged from disbelief to anger.“How on earth did this get to air, honestly,” one user wrote. “Quite aside from the conspiracy mongering in the last minute, the whole thing is a complete mess.”“It looks like Woody Harrelson announced his retirement last night,” another added.And tackling the actor’s penchant for weed, another said, “Woody Harrelson is a good example of how there is such a thing as smoking too much weed.”Unsurprisingly, those who embrace these conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccines are applauding Harrelson’s remarks.
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