"I'm Mel Gibson, and as I probably should have pointed out decades ago, I, too, suffer from Tourette's, which explains a lot of the things I've said or yelled through the years. Since it's Tourettes, I guess I have to be forgiven, if not celebrated."
"The joke is basically nothing more sophisticated than people with serious disabilities make it up. That's before they compare a disabled man, mocked his entire life, to Bill Cosby. Whole thing deserves to become infamous."
Saturday Night Live released a sketch depicting celebrities including Mel Gibson, Armie Hammer, Bill Cosby, and Kanye West claiming Tourette syndrome as an excuse for their past controversies. The segment was cut from the NBC broadcast but later released online. It followed a BAFTA ceremony incident where Scottish campaigner John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, involuntarily shouted a racial slur during an award presentation. The sketch featured cast members using the disorder to explain away various scandals, with a mock PSA credited to a fictional organization. The segment quickly drew criticism online, with viewers and journalists condemning it as offensive and unsophisticated mockery of people with disabilities.
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