“Don’t like that, whoa, whoa, whoa.” The candidate finally extended his hand after Thompson reassured him that it was just a handshake.
Then Doug added, “Perhaps I’ll start a show for you to come on and we’ll call it ‘White Jeopardy.'” Thompson said, “We don’t need it.” Following Hanks’ depiction of Doug, a reviewer said,
“It’s not surprising that no one watches SNL or NBC anymore.”Many people refused to laugh at Hanks’ part in the skit, which generated a lot of comments online. On X, someone said,
“Tom Hanks just came out on the SNL 50th anniversary special in a MAGA hat, doing a skit, where he acted like he didn’t want to shake a Black man’s hand.” “SNL is in the toilet because of this.”
One observer said, “It was a great skit until Tom Hanks showed up,” while another asserted that it’s “also why his career is tanking.”
