Timothée Chalamet has been called ‘disrespectful’ after making a joke about late U.S. President Jimmy Carter during a sketch on Saturday Night Live. The Dune and Wonka star, who was last week nominated for an Oscar for his starring role as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, guest hosted the latest episode of the long-running comedy show over the weekend.
Image Credit: Metro [BGUK_3133430 - Los Angeles, CA - Timoth??e Chalamet???s fart brings grandma back to life in silly Saturday Night Live sketch. The actor, who was pulling double duty as both host and musical guest on this week???s SNL, appeared in several skits throughout the show including one titled Grandma???s Birthday. In the sketch a 96 year-old granny (Sarah Sherman) is celebrating her birthday with her family. Gradndaughter Chelsea (Heidi Gardner is even coming over and bringing around her new boyfriend, who is a cardiologist. Suddenly, Grandma collapses and the boyfriend (Chalamet) appears straight from the hospital and proceeds to fart directly on her, using a new CPR technique. ???Get this woman a glass of water and an altoid,??? he orders after bringing her back to life with his bodily function. He recounts all the food he had today including fast food Taco Bell after Grandma reveals she thought she was in heaven but it smelt like chalupas. The family is mortified but Grandma is happy she???s alive thanks to his fart bringing her back to life. In the first sketch of the night Chalamet plays a long-haired bungee workout instructor teaching a class of women. One of the women???s boyfriends (Michael Longfellow) joins the class but is left stupefied as the workout involves them flying and do silly moves like the ???Jimmy Carter- and collectively, they burn less than five calories between them. Then Chalamet brings about a huge Cinnabun cake for someone???s birthday and they try to eat the desert while bungee jumping around the room. In another sketch Chalamet is a barista trainee who is trying to come up with coffee-related puns in the caf?? but struggles until he busts out a Chris Rock-style joke about Homer Simpson. And in a podcast based skit a classroom of students watch Chalamet and Bowen Yang play AI friends, calling each other ???bae??? and talking about a fake person named Trish to discuss American history and photosynthesis. The sketch is a funny spoof of unnatural AI conversation and design as both performers have six fingers and can only do out-of-date dance moves. Chalamet also dressed up as a dog alongside Mikey Day in a sketch about if dogs talked and acted like humans ??? with lots of fake humping and licking. Chalament was also the musical guest and performed three Bob Dylan songs to tie in with his latest movie A Complete Unknown in which he plays the iconic singer. *BACKGRID DOES NOT CLAIM ANY COPYRIGHT OR LICENSE IN THE ATTACHED MATERIAL. ANY DOWNLOADING FEES CHARGED BY BACKGRID ARE FO Pictured: Timoth??e Chalamet BACKGRID UK 26 JANUARY 2025 BYLINE MUST READ: NBC / BACKGRID *BACKGRID DOES NOT CLAIM ANY COPYRIGHT OR LICENSE IN THE ATTACHED MATERIAL. ANY DOWNLOADING FEES CHARGED BY BACKGRID ARE FOR BACKGRID'S SERVICES ONLY, AND DO NOT, NOR ARE THEY INTENDED TO, CONVEY TO THE USER ANY COPYRIGHT OR LICENSE IN THE MATERIAL. BY PUBLISHING THIS MATERIAL , THE USER EXPRESSLY AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND TO HOLD BACKGRID HARMLESS FROM ANY CLAIMS, DEMANDS, OR CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED IN ANY WAY WITH USER'S PUBLICATION OF THE MATERIAL* UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com *Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*]
However, one sketch saw viewers fuming after it poked fun at the former politician, who died aged 100 last month. In the segment Timothee, 29, was playing a bungee instructor named Nathaniel Latrine and guided two of the show’s comedians though exercises he warned were not for ‘the faint of heart’.
Image Credit: Metro [SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 1876 -- Pictured: (l-r) Michael Longfellow as Joe, Heidi Gardner, Chloe Fineman as Mary Kate, and host Timoth??e Chalamet as Nathaniel Latrine during the "Bungee" sketch on Saturday, January 25, 2025 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images)]
While in character and hanging from a harness he instructed his class to undertake a series of moves like flying or swimming before shouting out ‘Jimmy Carter’, with the group then dropping and appearing lifeless. Some audience members could be heard gasping during the joke, while many watching on at home were less than impressed.
Image Credit: Metro [Jimmy Carter, the former US President, who has died on Sunday in Plains, Georgia.]
‘SNL did a joke about Jimmy Carter being dead. Totally unnecessary and the opposite of funny,’ Barbara posted on X. ‘That Jimmy Carter joke on #SNL was way out of line and much too soon. I don’t think that would have been funny 5 years from now. I hope his family didn’t see that,’ Jay shared.
‘Insensitive & really immature. Just unnecessary,’ Mateo added. Many others said it was ‘poor taste’. The actor and SNL are yet to comment on the backlash. After a year in hospice care, Carter died at his home on December 29 in the small town of Plains, Georgia where he grew up.
![[BGUK_3133430 - Los Angeles, CA - Timoth??e Chalamet???s fart brings grandma back to life in silly Saturday Night Live sketch. The actor, who was pulling double duty as both host and musical guest on this week???s SNL, appeared in several skits throughout the show including one titled Grandma???s Birthday. In the sketch a 96 year-old granny (Sarah Sherman) is celebrating her birthday with her family. Gradndaughter Chelsea (Heidi Gardner is even coming over and bringing around her new boyfriend, who is a cardiologist. Suddenly, Grandma collapses and the boyfriend (Chalamet) appears straight from the hospital and proceeds to fart directly on her, using a new CPR technique. ???Get this woman a glass of water and an altoid,??? he orders after bringing her back to life with his bodily function. He recounts all the food he had today including fast food Taco Bell after Grandma reveals she thought she was in heaven but it smelt like chalupas. The family is mortified but Grandma is happy she???s alive thanks to his fart bringing her back to life. In the first sketch of the night Chalamet plays a long-haired bungee workout instructor teaching a class of women. One of the women???s boyfriends (Michael Longfellow) joins the class but is left stupefied as the workout involves them flying and do silly moves like the ???Jimmy Carter- and collectively, they burn less than five calories between them. Then Chalamet brings about a huge Cinnabun cake for someone???s birthday and they try to eat the desert while bungee jumping around the room. In another sketch Chalamet is a barista trainee who is trying to come up with coffee-related puns in the caf?? but struggles until he busts out a Chris Rock-style joke about Homer Simpson. And in a podcast based skit a classroom of students watch Chalamet and Bowen Yang play AI friends, calling each other ???bae??? and talking about a fake person named Trish to discuss American history and photosynthesis. The sketch is a funny spoof of unnatural AI conversation and design as both performers have six fingers and can only do out-of-date dance moves. Chalamet also dressed up as a dog alongside Mikey Day in a sketch about if dogs talked and acted like humans ??? with lots of fake humping and licking. Chalament was also the musical guest and performed three Bob Dylan songs to tie in with his latest movie A Complete Unknown in which he plays the iconic singer. *BACKGRID DOES NOT CLAIM ANY COPYRIGHT OR LICENSE IN THE ATTACHED MATERIAL. ANY DOWNLOADING FEES CHARGED BY BACKGRID ARE FO Pictured: Timoth??e Chalamet BACKGRID UK 26 JANUARY 2025 BYLINE MUST READ: NBC / BACKGRID *BACKGRID DOES NOT CLAIM ANY COPYRIGHT OR LICENSE IN THE ATTACHED MATERIAL. ANY DOWNLOADING FEES CHARGED BY BACKGRID ARE FOR BACKGRID'S SERVICES ONLY, AND DO NOT, NOR ARE THEY INTENDED TO, CONVEY TO THE USER ANY COPYRIGHT OR LICENSE IN THE MATERIAL. BY PUBLISHING THIS MATERIAL , THE USER EXPRESSLY AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND TO HOLD BACKGRID HARMLESS FROM ANY CLAIMS, DEMANDS, OR CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED IN ANY WAY WITH USER'S PUBLICATION OF THE MATERIAL* UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com *Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237397822-9c4c.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
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