Aimee Lou Wood on The Jonathan Ross Show last month Brian J Ritchie/Hotsauce/Shutterstock Aimee Lou Wood has thanked Saturday Night Live comic Sarah Sherman for sending her flowers after the drama surrounding one of the show’s sketches last week. Over the weekend, the White Lotus star admitted her feelings had been hurt by a political SNL segment parodying the hit US series, in which Sarah donned fake teeth to portray Aimee while making a joke about “fluoride”. Advertisement Posting on Instagram the morning after the skit aired, Aimee branded it “mean and unfunny” , writing: “Take the piss for sure – that’s what the show is about – but there must be a cleverer, more nuanced, less cheap way?” She also criticised Sarah’s attempts at a Mancunian accent (which were also widely-panned last year when she tried to impersonate Liam Gallagher ), concluding: “I don’t mind caricature – I understand that’s what SNL is.
But the rest of the skit was punching up and I/Chelsea was the only one punched down on.” Sarah Sherman impersonating Aimee Lou Wood on Saturday Night Live NBC Advertisement Having already claimed that she’d received an apology from SNL about the sketch, the former Sex Education actor revealed on Tuesday evening that Sarah had made another sweet gesture to try and make amends. “Thank you for the beautiful flowers,” Aimee wrote on her Instagram story, alongside a picture of Sarah’s gift.
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