Adrian Brody Getting Banned From SNL

This is what got Adrian Brody banned from SNL.
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[@shoegazed]

Chet Hanks stole this guy’s shtick.

[@KeizerHedorah]

so did every rapper from the UK

[@ryguy081399]

That’s why when you’re doing an impression of someone’s accent you have to be spot on or else it just comes across as super racist

[@skybluemarshall]

​@@ryguy081399 Back in the 90s, I used to do spot on impressions of all my Chinese, Vietnamese coworkers and really just anyone with an interesting voice or accent. Could be English, German whatever. I tried to be as accurate as possible. They loved it. They would stand around me and say, "Do Tang! Now, do Quang! Here comes Hung. Do Hung! Now do Colin" (our English Director of Manufacturing). I put them in tears and I didn't even crack that many jokes. I mostly just said the things that they would say to me in a conversation. Different times now. I stopped doing impressions at work long ago. I miss it sometimes. People laughed, found it entertaining and asked me to do it for them. I started very young. I used to make my mom laugh herself silly when I was 5 years old in the 60s. I would do impressions like: Ed Sullivan, Alfred Hitchcock, Humphrey Bogart, William Shatner. Now, I've pretty much given up impressions completely. It's risky, because, you when you're into doing it, they just start popping out of you super easy and if you accidently do an ethinic one, people will flag you. Occasionally, I'll bust out a little Christpher Walken just for old times sake. No complaints. I never meant to offend anyone, but it was a lot of fun for about 35 years.

[@SDoesNotKnow]

That was only 42 seconds? This bit seemed like it lasted for an eternity.

[@herbg4866]

This isn’t the entire clip

[@kaylam2556]

Righttt

[@malvavisco10]

Everything is tightly programmed so he stole that time from Sean John

[@xylan6992]

yooooo

[@eduardomenna4762]

Do you think this would be something that Michael Scott would have in The Office? I do

[@jaketreibel44]

I think Michael Scott would find this distasteful. Even he has limits

[@kadin5103]

@@jaketreibel44no he doesn’t he literally says the n word in the face season 😭

[@univon4892]

​@@kadin5103Face season

[@jaketreibel44]

@@kadin5103this is true, but I feel like he went there because Kevin was butchering that bit. He simply HAD to go nuclear

[@dannyaraya8017]

every time i feel embarrassed, i think about him doing this and feel a little better about myself\choices

[@AttilatheThrilla]

Yeah cuz it really affected his career..

[@dannyaraya8017]

@@AttilatheThrilla haven't seen him or his giant schnoz in anything important lately. thank god

[@simplyshane6477]

This is just pure regret crystallized in amber

[@jennydiver100]

I had no idea this existed until just now. My. god.

[@MessyJanderson]

Same. WTF was he thinking?

[@QueenKunta]

He thought this shit was hilarious.

[@eatshrots]

it is

[@adamszabo4093]

The success has clearly gone to his head after the Oscar. Went along with it a couple of years, now he's a has been.

[@KeizerHedorah]

it was/is, and what's funnier is Sean Paul starting up his ridiculous music right after he just got shit on and still managing to sound more stereotypical than Adrien just was lmao!

[@AnakinGozie77]

​@@eatshrots no it's hilarious because it's embarrassing

[@Knowledge12370]

​@@AnakinGozie77 I agree with you fully and mean so offense but do you see the irony with saying this and having a prequels pfp

[@HayesInTheHole]

He couldn't even get Sean Paul's name right lol

[@KeizerHedorah]

Shawna- Paul-Comeahgiveittoyou

[@dave1986R]

I’m surprised Sean Paul didn’t jump off the stage and try to kick his ass.

[@KeizerHedorah]

He sounds like every uk rapper ever

[@TokeMoralist]

Talk about a RUDE boy

[@Eddvard90]

underrated comment ;)

[@TheShadowProdigy1]

GTA 4 vibes😂

[@spookrockcity]

His accent is amazing lmfao.

[@joeypaisano9235]

Best ive seen yet. No wonder hes an oscar winner

[@TheListenerCanon]

This is coming from a guy who not only worked with Roman Polanski, but supported him and signed the petition. Oh, and he forcefully kissed Halle Berry when he won the Oscar. Yeah, imagine this happened today, the dude would be canceled.

[@MegaUtube99]

Who gives a shit

[@essiewoo]

dude's creepy, he's like the weird theater kid who never realized he's "cool" now so still acts like a total weirdo. his career crashed and burned pretty hard though, he takes stupid roles

[@KeizerHedorah]

he sounded less stereotypical than Sean paul lol, in fact he was just doing an impression of every uk rapper ever.

[@francescalittle]

@@KeizerHedorah I don't understand this "UK rapper" comment (which you have repeated more than 5 times in different places, LOL). Sean Paul is not a UK rapper. He's a Jamaican artist who does Dancehall and reggae. I have no issue with comedians doing a good Jamaican accent but Brody's imitation was overdone, cringeworthy and ignorant. If he was playing a character in an SNL skit then no one would care but he did this ignorant parody right before introducing a Jamaican artist. Who does that?

[@KeizerHedorah]

@francescalittle I think I've referenced this also on an ali g video and that ant and seb xfactor video lmao 🤣, weird your watching the same videos as me. Anyways only a very simple and/or ignorant person wouldnt "understand". I never said shawna paul comeahgiveittoyou was from the uk, that isn't relevant to my statement.

[@fedoro1]

He introduced Sean Paul as Sean John aka P Diddy aka The Diddler….. dayum.

[@niallmcardle7]

This is great.

[@bmd6515]

Pat Riley wilding

[@EastwoodEscape]

I feel like this is a Sound Cloud rapper I know named DJ Spit.

[@carolyns4519]

I know that guy. He just can't get out of my HEAD, man, GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!

[@Sundae_Times]

And lest we forget that his best-known movie was directed by Roman Polanski 🚨

[@jettz8571]

The Pianist is a masterpiece

[@Sundae_Times]

@@jettz8571 Nice straw man fallacy

[@ChachiTelevision1979]

Bumbaclot

[@slashbeef]

Dude. Its so bad. I thought I'd seen it but I didn't realize it was this long. I was reminded by CBB or Threedom. Between this and that Oscar kiss, the creep evidence is mounting.

[@josefpicken]

Wow this was very culturally appropriate and respectful!

[@010101110100]

That is one light-skinned Jamaican fellow! But everyone deserves a chance at presenting a tv show

[@starboy32]

then he started gideon side quests

[@daydaypersonal4555]

As a Jamaican, I enjoyed this although some of it is jibbrish

[@nigeljames9727]

Are you dumb

[@rickyknox3374]

Sean paul or Adrian Brody?

[@harriskimball8412]

A true artist don't give a fuck about what You think....Brilliant Adrian, he captured the "Nuances ".

[@mrterp04]

I watched this live, and I was wondering what the HELL was going on.

[@danmaddox2849]

Who does a better Rasta? Him or Chet Hanks

[@KeizerHedorah]

they are both 100% accurate takes so it's hard to choose which is better tbh

[@qwertyzxcvbn3174]

Chet is at least funny

[@GTrawick]

Why did he yell out Sean John😂 I swear it's Sean Paul. Plus I didn't know it was so long WTH it felt like it went on forever 😂

[@garywallace4440]

Sounds better than Ms.Cleo

[@fabianablanchard1047]

His accent was not that bad lol

[@porterhousey]

Very funny. Well done.

[@House_of_Data]

I thought they were exagerating when i heard they bannes him "for doing a jamaican accent". Now that i seen the video, they were 100% on the right😂😂😂

[@17Liberty76]

Anyone else remember when snl's bread and butter were racial stereotypes? I do

[@hectorbartlett567]

The pot calling the kettle black (no pun intended!)

[@astonmargolis-dias7089]

ouch

[@matthewmason32]

why is the unfiltered version of this so incredibly hard to find?

[@Lomaxxx53]

Snl and many late night shows are incredibly strict about copyright and taking down unauthorized videos

[@carolyns4519]

Was this what inspired Ras Trent a few years later? Lol

[@patrickmiranda1145]

Reeeel bad mon

[@leejones8582]

He is not banned this will live in infamy though.

[@alexsmith1257]

Bombaclarrt

[@fredfuchs69]

Wow, just wow

[@SFO14]

Is that one of the Island Boys?

[@malvavisco10]

Stop trying to make anklespect happen, Adrien. It’s not going to happen.

[@linkinahmed]

DId he just say butty boy? lol 0:26

[@neilhunter495]

Batty boy

[@KeizerHedorah]

Rastas irl love to say that every other sentence lol

[@hejdingamleraev]

Homosexuality is (was?) not big on Jamaica. Listen to some jamaican dance hall and reggae and you'll see they don't like batty boys. Brody might even have said "kill a(ll) battyboy" or something like that (but I'm not completely sure what that "kia" sound is supposed to mean, it might just be mumbo jumbo), which would further explain the ban even back when this was aired.

[@christinasavannah7992]

This was hilarous tbh

[@TheSun_89]

Idk what the fuss is about…it’s not funny by any means but it’s not that bad. He just looks and sounds silly but doesn’t come off as offensive. It’s snl for crying out loud.

[@mrblu6]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 this shit so bad is great😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@DonaId_J_Trump]

I'm lost. Why did he get banned?

[@billymountiii5788]

Because of this...

[@eatshrots]

because people are sensitive losers

[@jasonnn2284]

There's no improvisation allowed on SNL, Lorne Michaels hates it. Even if it was allowed, this is racist as hell.

[@essiewoo]

Cause he did this out of the blue, plus it's racist. And, worst of all, it wasn't even funny, yet he felt the need to do this unscripted

[@daydaypersonal4555]

How the hell is this racist? are Jamaicans a race?

[@brillantlyrics2720]

I like that.. made me laugh. Yall don't have a sense of humor

[@dave1986R]

I forgot about this. I was 17 when this episode aired. At the time I didn’t think of how offensive it was. I thought it was just weird. I’m surprised Sean Paul didn’t jump off the stage and kick Adrien Brody’s ass.

[@brianminsk8]

Fuckin hilarious ahahhahaha

[@iam_87]

Always knew piano boy was a weirdo

[@sammysstopmotionoas2004]

Can you imagine if he or someone else did this today!? Oh my God! Twitter would not hear the end of it!!!!

[@BigPinner-Jake]

Sam It’s now X, and honestly… skinny kid pulled it off pretty well

[@mikekehler1989]

I remember watching this live back in 03 and thinking the only thing weird about it was that he called Sean Paul Sean John lol. Wasn't till years later they made it weird. Somebody approved him to do that. Shit somebody probably wrote it for him.

[@baltimoreravens4eva560]

Plus if he wasn't allowed to do it, wouldnt snl have stopped him while he was doing it?

[@bjones8470]

That’s what I was thinking. From what I hear of snl the opening monologue is written for the host. There may be some input but I believe it was pitched to him and he thought it was funny. It had to go passed a read thru, various rehearsals and dress rehearsal to make the show so there was most likely plenty of time for someone to say something

[@Dozenz]

It was unscripted. He got banned for this

[@mikeyfrazshow]

He killed that shit

[@hectorbartlett567]

The last time I checked Sean Paul was not black ... So what was the issue here?

[@michellet.2432]

I'm wondering if Brody had a drug problem at this time in his life... he had made some pretty stupid decisions, and unless he's a complete idiot, drugs are a reasonable assumption.

[@noshortselectric5208]

Don't blame drugs, they usually make you paranoid and introspective

[@sas6384]

Very sensitive comment section lol

[@theAmazingRaccoon]

Classic

[@shilohivy4590]

Wow….

[@e3uphoric51]

😂😂 wtf

[@BackwoodsFilms]

What was he even thinking doing this?

[@diagorasofmelos4345]

Lmao

[@TheChrisminator19]

I was going to think that Sean Paul didn't care when Adrian Brody was doing that bit. He thinks it was very funny the way he talks. So it looks like he is going to defend him after the episode had ended. Was that it or no? It looks like Adrian doesn't want to introduce to him because he doesn't want to say, "Ladies and Gentleman, Sean Paul." So he ended up being banned from the show

[@yingle6027]

Great acting

[@spencercorning6915]

He really sold it

[@felipebraga1625]

This is worst than I was thinking

[@jenssletteberg3974]

It's not that bad...

[@tedyburger]

Hey this was awesome he did a fantastic job Lauren is just being a b****

[@Benjamenvince]

This was awesome, mad love for adrien Brody

[@Lavender09-r9i]

Why not there alot of ska fans, ppl in colorado who dress like this guy, head to toe, and they're Caucasian, idk why ppl are surprised in a country where you are free to be what you want, people are sure crying over alot making a fuss a about everything

[@user-lj2cb2pj8j]

Oof

[@pauljohnson4289]

😆😆 😂 🤣 he is one wild dude. Always unpredictable. Ask Halle Berry. Bring him back. Funniest bit on that horrendous show. That weekend update segment is the worst thing i ever saw. Both of those clowns are a zero to Chevy Chases 10😊

[@PAClark101]

What he did wasn’t that bad. It was just incomprehensible. He was likely attempting to do something to create more buzz for himself and it backfired.

[@samspade9678]

at least he didn't do black face

[@cl60cruzer]

It wasnt any worse than Ras Trent

[@DeadlyDame84]

That was TRASH Bro😢

[@somecitrus7561]

This is just the average SNL skit with judt an eighth of the usual production and actors

[@joeyurban4325]

Oof. This is painful

[@longhairedchild1]

wow.....wow....wow... This is like Kendal level shit blowing it.

[@seanhoddy3129]

Wtf? Lol

[@juliancmarquez]

Wasn't even that bad...

[@rudeboysandokhan442]

This is what all the fuss was about? I was expecting something truly egregious. He sounds like the Wayans family and every other American comedian who tries and fails to do a Jamaican accent. In fact, his rendition, awful as it is, sounds better than every Living Colour skit lampooning Jamaicans and every time Taye Diggs or Dave Chappelle tried to do a Jamaican accent. Not offended. No big deal.

[@terrick1984]

Good for you. This is horrible.

[@rudeboysandokhan442]

Yes, Americans trying to do a Jamaican accent is pretty much universally horrible. This was nearly as bad as suffering through Denzel Washington's stomach churning attempt in The Mighty Quinn.

[@BigPinner-Jake]

Anybody seen that Marley flick?

[@schmacintyre6099]

Batty Boy!

[@daintydalmatian]

This is so based. Americans have no sense of humor

[@CesarM780]

iT's sO bAsEd

[@bollywoodoverhollywood8139]

His Oscar should be revoked!

[@lexkanyima2195]

Why ?

[@TexasMan77]

Nothing racist about it, just very funny.

[@terrick1984]

Uh huh. Right.

[@qwertyzxcvbn3174]

How is it funny lmao

[@KeizerHedorah]

@@TexasMan77 it was hilarious and the people that think it's racist are very simple and probably get headaches all the time lmao

[@joeellis4959]

TOSSER

[@Erik-s2b2o]

But Pete Davidson and timothe chamlat can make fun of white rappers?

[@Ruby-eq1qg]

Yea

[@nedwart]

Yes. Hope this helps :)

[@paulaheckman9928]

Of course! Double standard!!!🤷

[@suezo7]

Ye bc they are both white

[@Notturnoir]

Yes.

[@janicereid5798]

It was so bad

[@wrdfgrred112_wq]

That happened due to the cultural appropriation police police. Pathetic

[@VanD3rp]

This is just as bad and hard to watch as anything else on SNL

[@lexkanyima2195]

It was fun

[@JoshJamesification]

That's batty

[@dharminderbhambra249]

This is hilarious why would you buy them for? All because it cost batty boys.

[@letsgobrandon.]

tut - tut how Racist "it's o/k when we do it"