‘SNL’ Tackles BAFTAs’ Racial Slur Incident With Tourette’s Sketch Featuring Controversial Celebs Like J.K. Rowling, Jill Zarin, Armie Hammer & Ye

NBC’s Saturday Night Live tackled one of the biggest controversies of the week, the shocking incident at the BAFTA Film Awards involving Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson’s involuntary racial slur, in a cut-for-time sketch that may stir its own controversy with its comedic take on the neurological disorder.

In the high-wire, PSA-style skit titled ‘Tourette’s,’ a host of celebrities, including J.K. Rowling, Mel Gibson, The Real Housewives of New York star Jill Zarin, Armie Hammer, Louis C.K., Bill Cosby and Ye claim they suffer from Tourette’s, which would explain problematic comments or actions they have been involved in.

For instance, Zarin, played by Sarah Sherman, whose recent video critique of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show led to her firing from the Real Housewives‘ revival series, revealed, “I suffer from severe longwinded monologue-style Tourette’s, a condition that affects nine out of 10 people on Long Island.