SNL slammed for controversial Menendez brothers skit

Viewers person slammed Saturday Night Live for a arguable skit connected the resurging taste fascination with the Menendez brothers - calling it 'disgusting' and 'highly inappropriate.' 

Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted successful 1996 for brutally murdering their parents José and Kitty successful what they assertion was self-defense aft suffering lifelong sexual maltreatment astatine the hands of their father.

The brothers person go the taxable of a caller Netflix bid and documentary, positive the latest societal media movement to escaped them from situation supported by the likes of Kim Kardashian.

A Weekend Update skit that was chopped from the unrecorded amusement for time, but posted online, featured Marcello Hernández and Michael Longfellow dressed arsenic doctors for Halloween - but they revealed they kept getting mistaken for the Menendez brothers.

'We thought radical would spot 2 doctors and commencement banging pots and pans unneurotic for us, similar during the pandemic,' Longfellow said. 

'Instead, radical support yelling things like, "You're innocent!" and "You're truthful hot,"' Hernández said. 'The Netflix amusement and the TikTok person made the Menendez brothers enactment symbols.'

'We’ve been straight-up telling women we are the Menendez brothers.'

The skit caused a societal media firestorm with my galore criticizing SNL for making amusive of what they accidental is simply a highly delicate case. 

'Yes, @nbcsnl. Two boys enduring rape and maltreatment from their dada portion their ma stood knowingly by (and added to their suffering), lone for them to execution their parents to flight 1 hellhole and extremity up successful another—what a genu slapper,' 1 idiosyncratic said.

'HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE!!!! @nbcsnl you should beryllium ashamed of yourselves. This isn't a joking substance astatine all,' added another.

Others were outraged that the amusement continues to mock the brothers, referencing a erstwhile skit astir their proceedings from 1993.

'SNL y'all are disgraceful similar wherefore bash y'all support bringing up the Menendez brothers,' 1 idiosyncratic said. 

'SNL mocking the Menendez brothers successful the twelvemonth 2024….. springiness it up already,' a 2nd idiosyncratic said. 

Some said SNL should beryllium ashamed for claiming the nationalist involvement successful their lawsuit is due to the fact that the brothers are attractive.

'SNL chopping up the escaped the Menendez brothers question to "women conscionable find them hot" is truthful gross and untrue and inappropriate these are VICTIMS these are SURVIVORS of immoderate of the astir horrific kid maltreatment you could deliberation of this is not thing to gag about,' 1 idiosyncratic said.

'SNL describing the Menendez brothers arsenic 'sex symbols' is perfectly vile. Disregarding the years of intersexual maltreatment from their ain parents by sexualizing them much for the involvement of "comedy" wtffff,' different idiosyncratic said.

'SNL calling the Menendez brothers "sex symbols" has to beryllium the astir diabolical s**t I've ever heard,' a 3rd idiosyncratic said.

Erik, present 53, and his 56-year-old brother, Lyle, are presently incarcerated successful authorities situation without the anticipation of parole aft being convicted of sidesplitting their parents successful their Beverly Hills mansion much than 35 years ago. 

Earlier this month, Los Angeles territory lawyer George Gascón said determination is nary question the brothers committed the 1989 murders, but his bureau volition beryllium reviewing caller grounds and volition marque a determination connected whether a resentencing is warranted successful the notorious lawsuit that captured nationalist attention.