• Woody Harrelson has made a controversial statement in his opening speech.
• This is not the first time Woody has been chastised for his controversial comments on Covid.
• Harrelson received mixed reactions for a joke that some misinterpreted as an anti-vaccine conspiracy theory.

Woody Harrelson, an American actor, has made a controversial statement in his opening speech for Saturday Night Live. The 61-year-old opened up about one of the “craziest scripts” he’s ever come across while hosting the show for the fifth time.

He said, “So the movie goes like this: the biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes,”. And people can only come out if they take the cartels’ drugs and keep taking them over and over.” He further added a witty remark, “I threw the script away. I mean, who was going to believe that crazy idea? Being forced to do drugs? I do that voluntarily all day” After discussing a variety of topics, the actor began his hosting gig on the aforementioned script, which referred to the 2020 lockdown implemented to control the spread of the virus.

Controversies In the past, Woody Harrelson

This is not the first time Woody has been chastised for his controversial comments on Covid. He has previously made several startling remarks about the virus. In 2020, the actor compared the virus to the 5G network in an Instagram post. However, he later deleted the post. Harrelson said in an interview that having to wear masks on set was “absurd” because he doesn’t believe in the germ theory. Despite these remarks, Scarlett Johansson, who was nominated for two Oscars, presented Woody Harrelson with the Five-Timers Club Jacket.

Fans’ reactions to Harrelson’s divisive joke

Harrelson received mixed reactions for a joke that some misinterpreted as an anti-vaccine conspiracy theory. One user stated “When someone like Woody Harrelson says something like his on SNL you know the tide is turning. Is your Christian pastor this brave?

Another user commented – “I like Woody Harrelson in his film roles. I also like that we live in a society where we are open for him to express his opinions. Marlow Stern, the editor of Rolling Stone commented: “Yes, Woody Harrelson went full anti-vax conspiracy theorist during his SNL Monologue tonight.” Check out the tweets:

Yes, Woody Harrelson went full anti-vax conspiracy theorist during his SNL Monologue tonight https://t.co/rmwm6JIsYh

— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) February 26, 2023

When someone like Woody Harrelson says something like his on SNL you know the tide is turning. Is your Christian pastor this brave? Are you? https://t.co/QfXgV1PYT3

— Eric Metaxas (@ericmetaxas) February 26, 2023

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