After Saturday Night Live Comedian Pete Davidson cracked a controversial joke about Former Navy Seal and newly elected Republican Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw last week, the war veteran appeared on SNL to make amends with Davidson.
Before the mid-term elections last Tuesday, SNL aired an episode where Pete Davidson compared the war veteran to a “hit man from a porno movie.” Crenshaw, who lost his eye when an IED explosion during his third tour in Afghanistan, wears an eye-patch, a detail that Davidson used as the center of his joke.
After this episode aired, Davidson and SNL, who received heavy backlash for the insensitive joke, received a response from the Congressman-elect.
In a video message posted by Crenshaw, he said, “I want us to get away from this culture where we demand apologies every time someone miss speaks. I think that would be very healthy for our nation to go in that direction.”
Crenshaw continued encouraging people not to be angry with Davidson and SNL saying, “We don’t need to be outwardly outraged. I don’t need you to demand apologies from them, they can do whatever they want. They’re feeling the heat from around the country right now and that’s fine.”
He added, “But I would like him (Pete Davidson) and Saturday Night Live to recognize something. That Veterans across the country probably don’t feel as though their…
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