‘SNL’ slammed for ‘classless’ UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson murder segment on ‘Weekend Update’

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the recent murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, including America’s fascination with the alleged gunman’s appearance.“The manhunt continues for the assassin who gunned down the CEO of United Healthcare on Wednesday, and it really says something about America that a guy was murdered in cold blood and the two main reactions were, ‘Yeah, well health care stinks!’ And also, ‘Girl, that shooter hot,'” co-host Colin Jost quipped.Users on several social media platforms voiced their disdain of the commentary, condemning it for a lack of consideration of Thompson’s family.

The businessman, 50, and his wife had two sons together.“Disgusting. I couldn’t watch this segment. The victim’s family and friends are very much grieving right now,” one person wrote beneath a YouTube clip of the segment. “Agreed.

I don’t usually watch SNL, and I can see by the segment and comments supporting it, that I will no longer be watching it. Joking about someone’s murder like that is absolutely disgusting… a family is grieving right now,” a person responded.“I mean is the shooter single??” another user commented, affirming Jost’s narrative.

A day after the brutal Wednesday shooting, the NYPD released their first image of the suspected gunman without a mask, seen smiling.“New York City police say that they were able to get the smiling picture of the suspect after the man apparently was caught on camera at a local hostel, flirting with a female employee, whose name has been reported as, ‘Lucky S.