This doesn’t look good for Melissa Villase├â┬▒or!
As we previously reported, Saturday Night Live finally added a Latina comedienne to their cast list by hiring the America’s Got Talent standout for Season 42. Unfortunately, it seems as though this historic hire may already be plagued with scandal as the impressionist was blasted on Twitter on Wednesday over racist posts.
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Smh. Melissa’s social media account was first questioned by one user, named Aura Bogado, after the funny lady deleted around 2,000 posts in five days. At the time, Bogado noted:
I’m excited about the first latina on SNL but not gonna lie: deleting 2K tweets in 5 days is… odd. pic.twitter.com/p7D5Alm6qE
— Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) September 17, 2016
Tragically, after a bit of digging, Aura dug up several offensive tweets the soon-to-be SNL star forgot to delete. By Wednesday, fans had uncovered countless, seemingly racist notes (below).
Obviously, Aura and her fellow internet users weren’t thrilled with Villase├â┬▒or’s behavior as they commented:
Was excited when @melissavcomedy got SNL gig. Was apprehensive when she deleted 2K tweets. Was disgusted with the ones she forgot to delete.
— Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) September 21, 2016
What a disappointment. I was so excited about @melissavcomedy, but it turns out the anti-blackness (and then some) strikes again.
— Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) September 21, 2016
Some people don’t seem to get that some of Melissa Villase├â┬▒or’s tweets weren’t jokes. They were just racist statements.
— Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) September 22, 2016
All props to @aurabogado. I just took screenshots since @melissavcomedy is quickly scrubbing tweets like these… @nbcsnl @SNLUpdate pic.twitter.com/KXU9Z4DVqD
— April 👉🏾 (@ReignOfApril) September 22, 2016
@ReignOfApril @aurabogado @melissavcomedy @nbcsnl @SNLUpdate we waited 42 years for THIS?
— Fulana de Tal (@soulamami) September 22, 2016
@mj_kosinski @ReignOfApril @aurabogado If these Tweets are representative she’s about as funny as a shingles outbreak anyway.
— ms_xenophora (@amylsacks) September 22, 2016
We mean, we can’t really blame people for being pissed. Nonetheless, it’ll be inneresting to see if the NBC variety show stands by their latest addition.
Stay tuned!
[Image via Twitter.]
