SNL names a character 'Angela Barnes'
In Britain, she’s a stalwart of the type of comedy shows that BBC detractors would depict as a hotbed of woke liberalism.
But to Saturday Night Live viewers, Angela Barnes is a racist, radical right-winger hell-bent on overturning democracy.
Writers of the long-running American show inadvertently used the comedian’s name in a sketch at the weekend for a character arrested for storming the US Capitol.
In the Pandemic Game Night scene, a cosy suburban gathering is interrupted by a series of FBI agents bringing in perpetrators whose seditious intent is thinly covered by their mild-mannered exteriors.
And one of them, played by Aidy Bryant, is named ‘Angela Barnes’.
As she’s arrested, another guest at the party, played by Cecily Strong, protests: ‘Not sweet, racist Angela.’
‘It’s true,’ she confirms. ‘I’m a patriot – unlike this bubble of cucks.’
When told she would be going to jail, she adds: ‘It was worth it. had sex with Chuck Norris… at least he told me he was Chuck Norris. He kept saying: ‘"You still think I’m Chuck Norris right?"
And as she’s lead away in an Uncle Sam hat and beard, saying: ‘Don’t tread on this,’ pointing to her ass:
Published: 2 Feb 2021