No, Adrien Brody didn’t get banned from ‘SNL’ for his Jamaican impression

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Saturday Night Live over 20 years ago after a controversial skit involving a Jamaican accent.In his 2003 appearance, Brody – born in New York City – introduced Sean Paul with an exaggerated Jamaican accent while sporting a dreadlock wig.

Paul was born and raised in Kingston, the Caribbean island’s capital.In the 40-second introduction, Brody went off-piste, diverting from the usual “Ladies and gentlemen, Sean Paul,” to repeat a number of stereotypical Jamaican phrases, a mention of Rastafari, and jokes about Paul’s family all being named various iterations of ‘Sean’.In the two decades since, Brody – who stars in The Brutalist, out in the UK later this month – hasn’t appeared on SNL again, and it was thought that this moment could have been the reason why.

But it turns out that this might not have been the case, with Brody claiming that SNL actually provided him with the costume and watched the dress rehearsal, too.He described the producers as being ‘agape’ with his wealth of ideas for the show, including the impression, telling Vulture: “I think Lorne [Michaels, SNL creator] wasn’t happy with me embellishing a bit, but they allowed me to,’ he said. ‘I thought that was a safe space to do that, weirdly.”When asked if he’s now banned, he said he wasn’t to his knowledge, but added a caveat: “I also have never been invited back on so I don’t know what to tell you.”Footage of the Brody’s skit has been all but removed from public viewing, and is unavailable to watch on any of SNL’s official channels.On Sunday (January 5), meanwhile, Brody won a Golden Globe for his performance in The Brutalist – he plays László Tóth, a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor who moves to the US, in the drama.He became emotional in his acceptance.