SNL’s Pete Davidson mocked a GOP candidate who lost an eye in war. Here’s Dan Crenshaw’s response.
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“Saturday Night Live’s” Pete Davidson is facing mounting pressure to apologize for a widely condemned bit in which he mocked a wounded veteran and GOP congressional candidate for wearing an eye patch.
Following Davidson’s remarks about Dan Crenshaw, the SNL comedian — and the show’s executive producer — were hammered by politicians , talk-show hosts and former White House press secretary Sean Spicer .
In an interview on Fox & Friends, Spicer said Monday that executive producer Lorne Michaels should be fired.
“Dan Crenshaw is a Navy SEAL who lost an eye on the battlefield and ‘Saturday Night Live’ mocked him for that,” he said, according to Mediaite . “This isn’t just Pete Davidson that did this. They are continuing to promote this video. Lorne Michaels knew about the video. He approved — of the skit rather. He approved of it, he watched it happen. That entire anchor desk of Weekend Update was laughing at it and then they continue to promote it on YouTube.
This is not apologetic. These people mocked a combat veteran and this is what they think is funny these days.”
But Crenshaw — who lost his right eye in 2012 after a bomb exploded during a mission in Afghanistan, his third military deployment — said he won’t ask for an apology from Davidson or SNL.
“They probably should apologize, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to demand an apology,” he said Monday on “Fox & Friends,” adding: “They certainly crossed the line, but their apology won’t mean anything to me.”
Despite being told he would probably never see again, Crenshaw, a Navy SEAL, regained sight in his left eye and went on two more deployments. “It’s actually a miracle I can see at all and can continue serving the American people,” he said on Fox.
Crenshaw is running for a seat representing Texas’s 2nd congressional District.
Davidson seemed to be aware of Crenshaw’s background during Saturday’s “Weekend Update” segment, in which he gave his “first impressions” of various candidates running in this election cycle.
“This guy is kind of cool, Dan Crenshaw,” Davidson said, as an image of Crenshaw wearing an eye patch flashed on the screen.
His co-host, Michael Che, chuckled and said, “Yo, come on.”
“Hold on,” Davidson replied. “You may be surprised to hear he’s a congressional candidate from Texas and not a hit man in a porno movie.”
The audience laughed.
“I’m sorry, I know he lost his eye in war, or whatever,” Davidson added, shrugging and grinning. “Whatever.”
When asked about the matter on Sunday, an NBC representative said the network would not be commenting.
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Davidson is an ass. He probably never thought about volunteering.
I don't care if this Navy Seal is a republican, democrat, or space invader, he served his country honorably and lost an eye for it.
I concur. You don't make jokes about peoples handicaps received from serving this country. It's tasteless. It goes beyond the partisan.
I hate say to "never" about this stuff. There's probably a way you could do such a joke that would be genuinely funny, where even the object of the joke would laugh. But it would need to be clever and not just mean and childish for the purpose of being mean and childish.This was just well, you know.
I think that your sentence would be better if a little truncated...
You don't make jokes about peoples handicaps. (stop there)
And in this, we agree.
Yeah, I thought his response was crisp, clear, professional (as one would expect a man with his traiinng to be) and then he stopped and let it drop.
Yep, that's something we can agree on. Absolutely!
I love SNL. Been watching it every year, through thick and thin, since it came out. I have defended the sharpness of their satiric comedy and sarcasm many times before but this is beyond the pale. They've gone too far this time. I am done with it. They just lost a loyal viewer of over 40 years.
I have to absolutely agree with you Miss Giggles. Davidson has lowered himself to Trump's level by mocking peoples disabilities. This is way beneath SNL.
SNL used to be smart comedy. When they poked at themselves, they were the best. Poking at disabled people is not funny
I stopped watching after Chevy Chase left and never looked back. Even he hates what they have done with it.
I quit watching Chevy Chase after Caddyshack.
My issue with this outrage is that the republicans created a platform against PC and now they're crying foul because it's one of their guys.
We cannot allow them to control the dialogue by standing with them when they claim outrage. They complained and complained about liberals and PC and now they want to dictate what is defined as PC and what isn't. In other words, anything the Dem's do is PC and anything they do is the right thing.
Don't fall for their selected outrage. They brought this on themselves and now they can live in the world they created.
Yeah i hear you but i've always enjoyed it. Some years were better than others but there almost always was stuff worth watching IMO. Most people are fascinated with the early years and since it was so new back then it was cool. But IMO it wasn't as good as you remember. Go back and watch the entire shows, you'll see what i mean. The comparison i make is Star Wars.
Star Wars was the coolest thing since sliced bread when it first came out. Watch it again now. It's hokey as hell by todays standards but man it was cool back then.
Lots of goods stuff, some that come immediately to mind: Chris Farleys Ed Foley motivational speaker, Eddie Murphy Buckwheat sings the hits, Joe Piscapo (Sinatra) and Eddie (Stevie Wonder) doing a takeoff of Ebony and Ivory, hilarious, Bill Hader doing Stefon, Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin, Dana Carveys George Bush, Baldwin and Schwetty balls ..... and the list goes on.
Most years had plenty of redeeming stuff and the old stuff while good, wasn't as good as we remember it. At least not to me its not.
Horseshit! No excuse for this move ..... none. No good one anyway.
Besides selective outrage is the progressive lefts move. They almost invented it.
You seriously think you can allow and encourage incivility and then demand civility be returned when it suits you? You worship at the feet of a man who has created so much animosity between it's citizens because he refused to practice a little civility and now you want to cry like a crybaby because somebody said something offensive?
What a bunch of big ole fakers. This is the "new" America. Every morning when you get up and look in the mirror you can thank yourself for the state that the country is in.
Don't be upset with me because I've adopted your playbook.
I worship no man .... your observations are clearly deluded in that regard.
Try again but this time with more feeling ..... /s
Nice! The old PeeWee Herman i know you are but what am i defense. Very classy and intelligent repartee there PJ!
Joking about a wounded warrior - regardless of political affiliation - isn't acceptable. Veterans deserve better treatment from all of us.
Sadly, your message falls flat when no moral principles remain.
Well....the competition is Mr. Trump. I don't have to try too hard it pretty much speaks for itself.
I'm trying to communicate with Trump supporters. Classy isn't something they widely recognize or are use to. I don't want to scare or confuse you guys.
I totally get what you're saying. I've seen the anti-PC police here and just about everywhere I go. But for once I'm going high. My mom had an older brother that was mentally challenged because of a birth accident. I've never made fun of disabled people and I'm not about to start now.
However, I reserve the right to continue to make blond jokes, lawyer jokes, and white trash jokes
Fortunately, Dan Crenshaw took a high non-political road.
Many may take the 'tit-for-tat' road that you seem to be on - believing it's the best route...unfortunately, that road does not lead anywhere.
Lol, you aren't trying to communicate. You're just patronizing like usual. Interestingly i see people doing that here all the time who appear to be proud of the fact they are intentionally being a prick to their fellow man.
Karma being what it is, bad juju will revisit them in spades for that ..... so good luck on the downside with that ....
No Steevie, he lowered himself way below Trump's level. Davidson's a dirtbag, who mocks veterans because he, along with most of his compatriots, think of veterans with contempt. Not surprising since that sort have been doing it since the reaction to homecoming troops during Vietnam.
Actually, it's pretty much at the level of SNL.
trmp mocked a gold star family and a Vietnam war veteran......
yes it is but I don't see any trmp supporters saying anything against it
Your attempts to counsel me on Karma and bad juju is quite humorous. A trump supporter who has embraced the most vulgar and vile of human behavior....you think to pretend your hands aren't filthy with the stink of Trump.
You have no moral high ground to stand on. Don't you get it? I am the Karma and the bad juju you and other Trump supporters have summoned through your indifference and disregard of the things Mr. Trump has said and done. Peddle your voodoo somewhere else.
Aww ya see now, you and John had to go and hurt my last feeling ..... boo-hoo, now my last feeling is hurt ..... that said, have you buckled up yet? You better have a good supply poop-chute ointment on hand. You're both probably gonna need it after tonite ....
ewwwww - that's nasty! hahahahaha I don't do those things.
But Trump......
I imagine you were appalled when Obama ridiculed special Olympians weren't ya?
Pretty sad when one has to take a genuinely fu*#ed up insulting bad joke by a mediocre commedian and attempt to turn it into a political issue, which it is not! That Navy Seal lost an eye serving his country. Just leave it at that!
Agreed! This lame attempt at humor fails miserably. Dan Crenshaw's response was very classy !
This outrage is an example of the right's PC. Talk about becoming the very thing you hated and despised.
It was delivered from the platform of a comedy show. Get over it.
SNL has descended into a far left political show.
The show has always been political. When one side runs everything, what do you expect them do do?
I mean what I mean
I says what I says
Say what you want
I do not support this pres
Agreed, though it was funny.....once upon a time.....a long time ago.
They actually had someone play Hillary and made fun of her.
Right. They made fun of her permanent disabling injuries sustained while fighting for this country? Was that when they were under attack on the tarmac in Afghanistan?
She. Is. A. Liar. He is a hero. Big difference.
Maybe she injured herself falling down stairs before bieng hustled into a waiting van..........
Hyperbole.
If you read the thread, it was about the claim that SNL only makes fun of people on the right.
It had nothing to do with the man or his injuries.
So according to you, they should stop making fun of everyone, well, because of this man.
He is the last person that should talk about how someone looks.
The 'funny' thing is, he probably just helped the guy get elected. No one knew about him and now he is thrown on the national stage. His popularity went way up. So I have to question the so called comedic impact he was trying to make.
I agree.
Honestly, none of it is funny. He's making 7th grade level jokes about how people look. It's not clever; it's just juvenile. It's juvenile when Trump does it. It's juvenile when anybody does it. I frankly don't get why anybody watches this show anymore. All the clips that make the news the following week are just not funny. The show used to be funny.
We see it all over - the Tonight Show, The Daily Show. Comedy has left the comedy shows.
I don't watch SNL. The reason why it's not funny is exactly the reason that you gave. It's mostly about Trump and he's not funny. It's serious what he's done to divide this country and alienate us from our global partners and alliances.
I miss Gumby.
I miss Mr. Rogers
A mind is a terrible thing.
I miss Eddie Murphy playing gumby dammit!
I miss Roseanne Rosanadanna and those sneaky candygrams.
The 'eye patch' episode was unnecessary.
But the lowest 'gut shot' of all was the Chambliss ad against Max Cleland depicting him as an unpatriotic traitor when Cleland was a triple amputee due to wounds of war. Sadder to say that the late Sen. John McCain stood by and said nothing, even ending up supporting Chambliss.
Probable the 'eye patch' thing would have never happened if it were not for 'bone spurs' and all the rest.
What in the fuck are you talking about....Holy Off Topic, Batman!
More whataboutism. Not surprised.
From the bowels of nothingness only nothingness will emerge.
If there is any inaccuracy in my post please be a man and point it out.
It seems nothing is out of bounds for the left to joke about any more. Did you hear the one Hillary made about all Black people looking alike? I can only imagine the complete hysteria that would be ensuing at this very moment had a Republican made that joke.