Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks was criticized by Trump supporters after he revived his MAGA-loving character, Doug, for a "Black Jeopardy!" sketch during Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary special.
Doug, a Southern-accented man sporting a “Make America Great Again” hat, first appeared on the show during Trump’s initial presidential campaign.
In "Black Jeopardy!"—a game show designed with questions that typically cater to Black contestants—Hanks’ character insists that church could solve society’s issues and proposes an alternative version called White Jeopardy!
Though largely well-received, Hanks' character sparked controversy nine years ago when he declined to shake hands with the Black host, played by Kenan Thompson.
On Sunday, he did it again, saying the following as Thompson walked up to him:
“Don’t like that, whoa, whoa, whoa."
Thompson responded:
"No, no, it's just a handshake."
You can see the full skit below.
The MAGA anger came fast and furiously.
But many were quick to call it out.
MAGA fans have long attacked Hanks, who has been the target of conspiracy theories out of QAnon that baselessly accuse him of pedophilia.
QAnon's believers allege Democrats are part of a Satan-worshipping, baby-eating global pedophile ring that conspired against Trump during his time in office. Hanks, a prominent Democrat, is just one of a slew of Hollywood celebrities commonly cited in QAnon circles as members of this imagined pedophile cabal.
The allegations against Hanks are just a small part of the litany of allegations from the late Isaac Kappy, a struggling actor deified in QAnon circles for being a Hollywood "whistleblower." Kappy, who died in 2019, never provided evidence that Hanks exploited children.
These conspiracy theories proved so pervasive that Hanks was reportedly on a hit-list made by David DePape, the California man who attacked Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul Pelosi during a home invasion in October 2022.
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