The cast members of “Saturday Night Live” once again proved why they’re the crown jewels of jest after responding to a TikTok video about how the show never hires “hot” women.
The uproar began after a recent TikTok video, made by user Jahelis, went viral and caught the eyes and ears of millions online, including some of the SNL cast members, who were accused of being “not hot.”
Jahelis claimed the show didn’t hire “hot” women because “people refuse to accept” how “super beautiful women” can be funny as well.
The TikToker named Jahelis claimed none of the women on SNL “have ever been like hot”
“Not saying that every single woman on SNL is ugly, it’s just that none of them have ever been, like, hot. They all just kind of have looks that eventually grow on you,” Jahelis said in a since-deleted clip that was posted in March.
“I think it goes back to my theory where, one, people don’t like it when conventionally [attractive women] ― especially super beautiful women ― are funny,” she added. “People refuse to accept that that’s true. And they assume that any kind of humor they put out into the world is actually them being stupid and they don’t understand sarcasm, or why what they’re saying is funny.”
Jahelis singled out some of the SNL stars and said Maya Rudolph, who made the audience laugh from 2000-2020, was “really beautiful,” but “the rest of [the female cast] are all pretty average-looking women.”
Jahelis picked out stars one by one, including Kristen Wiig, whom she declared was “conventionally pretty” but not “hot”
The TikToker wrote off Kristen Wiig as “conventionally pretty” but not “hot.”
When she picked out Heidi Gardner, Jahelis said the actress often takes “super-hot and super-dumb” roles on the show but is “not that pretty.”
“I guess, technically, [she’s] the most conventionally hot person — like, hot female — on this cast,” the TikToker added.
To drive her point home, Jahelis picked out male comedian Jimmy Fallon and claimed he’s a “conventionally super hot guy.” She also clubbed Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, and Bowen Yang in the list of “hot” male comedians.
The TikToker also claimed Heidi Gardner is “not that pretty”
In the viral video, Jahelis’ main point of contention was that people cannot accept a woman being funny and hot at the same time.
“To be considered funny, you have to be more funny than you are hot. And if you’re more hot than you are funny, then it boils down to you just not being funny at all,” Jahelis said in her analysis.
She also wondered in the video whether the show deliberately avoided hiring hot women because of misogyny — “once we see women as super funny, we have a hard time seeing them as also both sexy and attractive,” she argued.
Jahelis’ video went viral and caught the attention of not just fans but also SNL stars
The TikToker’s video went viral and reached the nooks and crannies of the Internet, catching the attention of SNL stars as well.
After current SNL member Sarah Sherman scrolled through her feed and came across Jahelis’ video, she responded with a sarcastic retort on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“Just found out I’m not hot. Please give me and my family space to grieve privately and uglily at this time,” Sarah wrote.
Meanwhile, Chloe Troast, a new cast member, re-shared a snippet of Jahelis’ video before humorously singing her rendition of Christina Aguilera’s hit song, “Beautiful.”
Chloe Troast from the show posted a video of herself singing Christina Aguilera’s hit song “Beautiful” in response to Jahelis’ video
Many fans joined the hot discussion and offered the names of a number of cast members that they found “hot” on the show.
“ Kate McKinnon ??!!! Melissa Villasenor?! Amy Poehler ?!?? Kristen Wig?!!! helloOoOo,” one said, while another added, “Ego Nwodim is literally drop dead gorgeous.
“Have you SEEN CHLOE FINEMAN. She’s so gorgeous,” quipped another comment.
“Julia Louis Dreyfus is one of the hottest women of all time?” a fourth comment said.
Another wrote, “Kate McKinnon is unironically one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever seen.”
Chloe Troast had also briefly flipped off the camera in her response
@chloetroast #stitch with @Jahelis ♬ original sound – chloetroast
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