‘SNL’ Slammed Over ‘Staggeringly Offensive’ Tourette’s Sketch

Saturday Night Live is under fire after a sketch poking fun at the racial slur incident from last Sunday’s (February 22) BAFTA ceremony. During the awards ceremony, Scottish campaigner John Davidson, who has Tourette’s syndrome, involuntarily shouted the N-word at actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo while they were on stage. Davidson, whose life inspired the film I Swear, has said he was “upset” and “distraught” over the involuntary tic that made him shout the offensive slur. SNL mocked the moment on in a recent sketch where controversial celebrities, such as Mel Gibson, J.K. Rowling, Bill Cosby, and Kanye West, blamed their problematic behaviour on Tourette’s. “I’m Mel Gibson,…