Michael Imperioli backed fellow « White Lotus » star Aimee Lou Wood after a « mean-spirited » sketch on « Saturday Night Live. »
Michael Imperioli told Newsweek that a Saturday Night Live sketch about Aimee Lou Wood, his castmate in The White Lotus, was « pretty mean. »
SNL mocked Wood’s teeth during a sketch titled « The White Potus » in which Sarah Sherman did an impersonation of her.
Wood plays Chelsea in Season 3 of the Netflix series, while Imperioli starred in Season 2 as Dominic Di Grasso.
Imperioli spoke about the sketch to Newsweek on the red carpet of a Jazz at Lincoln Center gala in tribute to Duke Ellington on April 30: « Yeah, that was pretty mean, mean-spirited. I guess they apologized, didn’t they? It’s a tricky thing because comedy, you know, I don’t like having to over-censure comedy but you do have to be a little bit tactful.
« She’s a young actress and we want to give her some support. She’s quite good. »
Sherman sent Wood a bunch of flowers, which The White Lotus star posted on Instagram with the caption: « Thank you for the beautiful flowers.
