Timothée Chalamet blasted for ‘disrespectful’ Jimmy Carter joke that made ‘SNL’ audience gasp: ‘Too soon’

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“Saturday Night Live” this weekend about former president Jimmy Carter, who died last month at age 100.The incident happened during the “Bungee” skit featuring Chalamet playing an instructor at a workout class.Chalamet tells the group to do the “Jimmy Carter” — as everyone pretends to hang dead in their harness from the ceiling.The studio audience could be heard gasping in response to the off-color joke.Viewers at home similarly found Chalamet’s remark troubling and called out both the actor and the show on social media.“Very bad taste….

very!” one fan said on X (formerly Twitter).“Very unnecessary. Imagine being a writer coming up with that,” someone else wrote.Another fan tweeted, “Too soon and not funny!

The whole skit was crap.” A different viewer said the skit was funny until the line about Carter. “Totally disrespectful and out of line,” they wrote, adding, “And yes I have a sense of humor and love the show but that was just horrible and too soon.

I don’t think there would have ever been a right time for that. I hope his family didn’t see that.”“I agree so disrespectful!” another fan wrote in response. “I don’t care how old a person was or if you liked them or not just a disgrace!!!!”“That Jimmy Carter line on #SNL was just cringe,” another tweet read.“Wow snl a jimmy carter is dead joke?