A LOT of people apparently found out who Bill Burr was last night.
The big news earlier in the week was that Morgan Wallen was removed from the show after partying in Tuscaloosa the weekend before, but after his monologue, SNL host Bill Burr became the new target of everybody’s outrage.
He tackled topics like COVID, cancel culture, “woke” white women, gay pride month and more, and as always, he didn’t hold anything back.
So much so that he even said “I’ll probably get canceled for that joke” 2 minutes into the monologue.
And you’ll never guess who was PISSED…
“Woke” white women.
Umm, @billburr yeah you're cancelled. How did you manage to be sexist, racist, AND homophobic in under 5 minutes? #SNL
— Caitlin René (@iamcaitlinrene) October 11, 2020
It’s amazing Bill Burr is trying to be woke while being a misogynist POS. White Male Privilege is strong within this Louis CK clone. #SNL 🤦♀️
— 𝙱𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚄𝚙𝙱𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚞𝚙‼️ (@Veronicaromm) October 11, 2020
Made it about one minute into Bill Burr’s SNL monologue before I had to change the channel. In this cultural moment, SNL really thought the best choice for a host was a white male standup ranting about “Cancel Culture?”
— Sally Hourigan (@sallyjh4889) October 11, 2020
Anyone else feeling a little awkward about Bill Burr's opening?? #SNL
— April Crosby Parvizian (@AprilParvizian) October 11, 2020
Bill Burr is trash and has always been trash. Not because he doesn’t raise valid criticisms in some of his comedy, but because he has always leveraged his ability to point them out to the detriment of change and the benefit of himself, and he can fuck off into the sun for it.
— feminist next door (@emrazz) October 11, 2020
However for others, especially those that appreciate stand up comedy and Bill’s comedic genius, it was a classic Bill Burr performance filled with scathing and unapologetic commentary on the issues our society is facing.
Bill Burr: White women make everything about them
White Women on twitter: We don’t like that monologue.😫😫#SNL 😂 pic.twitter.com/F7mTyxKSV4
— YBWrong (@YBWrong) October 11, 2020
People not understanding Bill Burr and his genius while getting all bent out of shape is like #SNL pic.twitter.com/oAYvS70c65
— GStone (@stonebrenner99) October 11, 2020
Bill Burr makes valid points about cancel culture trying to cancel EVERYTHING IN SIGHT. Then delivers jokes designed to prove that exact point. And twitter took the bait. Comedy is not for you. It’s about you. #billburr #snl pic.twitter.com/DlL6eo7GEr
— Todd Michaelsen (@ToddMichaelsen) October 11, 2020
Bill Burr spittin on SNL 👀
Goin in on white women pic.twitter.com/pM9zNCwhZm— Vaughan Harrison (@DirectorVaughan) October 11, 2020
Naturally, “woke” Twitter was quick to call Bill “sexist,” “racist,” and “homophobic” after the monologue, however many others pointed out that Bill is married to a black woman.
Wait til y’all google Bill Burr’s wife…..
— Timbo Slice (@TimmyBSanders) October 11, 2020
Bill Burr and his lovely Wife Nia… congratulations on #SNL pic.twitter.com/OV1S74QK3c
— Loni Love (@LoniLove) October 11, 2020
If you can’t handle the stand up, maybe just watch Bill’s spoof on terrible pumpkin spice beer.
Oh, wait…