That didn’t take long.
On last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, Owen Wilson handled the hosting duties, Kacey Musgraves brought the music, and Pete Davidson showed up as Dog the Bounty Hunter.
In a segment called “School Board Meeting,” the skit brought various characters in front of the school board to air their various grievances about the COVID-19 protocols.
Of course, everybody was way off topic…
And while the skit was actually pretty awful, Pete Davidson had some people cracking up when he walked into the shot dressed as Dog The Bounty Hunter, inquiring into the whereabout of Brian Laundrie,
However, others thought SNL went too far…
@nbcsnl officially unfallowing that was very fucked up shame on you all. How dare you make a joke about Gabby petito and then think Americans wouldn't be angry Fuck you Saturday night live #justiceforgabby #BrianLaundrie #WhereIsBrianLaundrie
— Anthony Rowe (@Anthony81519145) October 3, 2021
There was a joke on SNL about not being able to find Brian Laundrie… 😐 yeah that wasn't funny.
— Elizabeth (@AwkwardPancake) October 3, 2021
They made a Brian Laundrie joke on SNL. 😒 That's out of very poor taste in my opinion.
— florence. ⧗ (@msflorencepugh) October 3, 2021
wait I can't believe they put a joke about not being able to find Brian laundrie into SNL and ppl laughed💀💀💀💀💀 oof
— B EA$Y (@beebo9) October 3, 2021
I can’t believe @nbcsnl made fun of a girl Gabby that was found dead ? Are they that desperate you really make fun of Gabby dying ! Then go to #Chicago #SNL plenty of black kids dead you don’t do jokes on them …. Disgusting
— Elizabeth Carver ❤️ (@ElizabethMTHC) October 3, 2021
SNL making jokes about Gabby Petito on Weekend Update? Gross.
— Grace 💜💚💙 (@grace_hackney) October 3, 2021
I enjoy SNL as much as the next person, but there’s no way to spin domestic violence and/or murder to be funny. It’s disrespectful not only to Gabby and her family, but to victims and survivors everywhere. https://t.co/buTXsgm2tB
— Molly Adams (@heyitsmeMolly) October 3, 2021
@nbcsnl officially UNFOLLOWING! SNL should be canceled!! How dare you make a joke out of the Gabby Petito case?! Tasteless classless and downright fucked up! #GabbyPetitoCase #justiceforgabby #cancelSNL
— Tiffany Steele (@Tiffany66764708) October 3, 2021
Oh yeah it really funny joking about an alleged murderer Brian Laundrie on SNL … 😑 disgusting.. honestly nothing surprises me anymore. Just trash. What a trash show and trash people. DO FUCKING BETTER SNL. No wonder your show sucks. Rating are gonna drop real quick. #SNL
— Melissa (@sassy_mel) October 3, 2021
My mistake, #SNL did not have a Brian Laundrie character but it was Dog the Bounty Hunter.
It's still disgusting.
— 𝓐𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓭𝓪𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓷 💋 (@Angeldaemon20) October 3, 2021
Hasn’t even been a full week since the Petito family had a service for their daughter, but #SNL is here poking fun at the search for #BrianLaundrie — let’s give the family a little more time before we torment them on national TV, yeah? pic.twitter.com/slqXqnaT1w
— pinklemoncream (@pinklemoncream) October 3, 2021
normally I roll my eyes at controversy on SNL. However, I WILL say them poking fun at the Petito case was in VERY poor taste. I don't care how "different" Dog the bounty hunter looks. It's good to have him on our side #SNL #PeteDavidson
— Natasha 👽🌵 🤠🌈 "Alexander Manes, I'm home" (@AlexManes2687) October 3, 2021
I love saturday night live but their premiere was horrible. you had all this time to write good skits and this is all you got? was just horrible jokes about biden and gabby dying. smfh. do better.
— Doug Wa (@DanThompkins) October 3, 2021
I generally like to give comedy as much freedom as possible… you know, nothing is really off limits. I’m usually the one telling people to lighten up, but still… I really can’t imagine Gabby’s family seeing this right now.
See the skit for yourself.
