Actress Aimee Lou Wood isnât a fan of a recent Saturday Night Live parody featuring her The White Lotus season 3 character â and sheâs making it known.
The April 12 episode of the famous sketch show featured a pre-recorded video called âWhite Potusâ â a political-themed White Lotus spoof. The five-minute parody entailed both current and former SNL castmates playing a host of notable public figures at a White Lotus-like hotel.
During the video, Woodâs White Lotus character Chelsea (played by SNL castmate Sarah Sherman) makes a brief appearance â and she is portrayed as having cartoonishly large teeth.
Wood, 31, addressed the moment in a series of posts on her Instagram Stories on Sunday, April 13.
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âI did find the SNL thing mean and unfunny,â the English actress wrote. âSuch a shame cuz I had such a great time watching it a couple weeks ago.â
âYes, take the piss for sure â thatâs what the show is about â but there must be a cleverer, more nuanced, less cheap way?â she added.
Instagram post from Aimee Lou Wood.Aimee Lou Wood/Instagram
Wood then shared that since her initial post, she had received âthousands of messagesâ of support from fans. Several hours later, the actress went on to post that she has âreceived apologiesâ from SNL, though she did not mention any specific names.
Wood has opened up about the conversation surrounding her appearance â and specifically her teeth â in the past, noting that she used to think she wouldnât be able to land roles on American television because she doesnât have a smile like most other actresses.
However, in a 2020 interview with Stylist, the actress shared that she received âhundredsâ of messages from fans after landing the role of Aimee Gibbs on the Netflix show Sex Education, which introduced her to a wider audience.
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âPeople going, âOh my god, youâve got teeth like mine,â â she told the outlet. â âNow I go to school and people think Iâm cool because I look like Aimee.â Instead of it being Bugs Bunny or whatever.â
Aimee Lou Wood at âThe White Lotusâ season 3 premiere in L.A. on Feb. 10, 2025.Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty
While speaking to The Hollywood Reporter last month, Wood said that she even feels âa bit rebelliousâ for refusing to conform to what some consider the typical Hollywood standards of beauty.
SNLâs âWhite Potusâ sketch featured other notable faces, including a cameo from Scarlett Johansson, who revived her portrayal of Ivanka Trump.
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Other notable stars in the sketch included host Jon Hamm as RFK Jr. and former SNL castmate Beck Bennett as Vladimir Putin. Marcello HernĂĄndez also appeared as Marco Rubio and Chloe Fineman played Melania Trump.