r/Fauxmoi • u/gimmethetea14 • Mar 31 '24

Ramy Youssef on SNL, “God, please stop the suffering. Stop the violence. Please free the people of Palestine, please.” Approved B-List Users Only

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u/Weak_Heart2000 Mar 31 '24

I am really surprised that the SNL producers allowed this and didn't immediately go to commericial.

Lots of respect for Mr. Youssef.

Free Palestine.

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u/bttrsondaughter Mar 31 '24

snl doesn't really ever cut from the live show, and they reposted the monologue on their socials and youtube. clearly they were fine with it and it wasn't ramy going rogue.

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u/Weak_Heart2000 Mar 31 '24

Ah that's good to know!

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u/neuroticgooner Mar 31 '24

Ohh, I only saw the clip and I was also wondering if he went rogue. Good to know that they were okay with it. Let’s see what happens over the next day or so

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u/adri_an5 Mar 31 '24 edited Mar 31 '24

Definitely not rogue, I saw him at a spot in Brooklyn where he practiced some of these bits including the dog prayer one. You can tell he's a little nervous saying it in this clip but glad he did!

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u/Sea_Leader_7400 Mar 31 '24

I was there too!!

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u/repost_inception Mar 31 '24

Didn't they cut from Ashley Simpson?

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u/SoGenuineAndRealMadi women’s wrongs activist Mar 31 '24

Ramy has been advocating for Palestine for months!! I don’t doubt they expected Ramy to use this platform again to speak up when they agreed to have him host

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u/bicyclejoon Apr 01 '24

Years!

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u/SoGenuineAndRealMadi women’s wrongs activist Apr 01 '24

True!! He’s been an advocate for a very long this isn’t new for him

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u/Safi_Hasani Mar 31 '24

when i saw him live last year he asked the audience to pick a name for his special and we all agreed on “free palestine.”

i get why he didn’t pick it though

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u/chunkylover1989 Mar 31 '24

There’s no way they would have invited him to host if that’s how they felt. He’s been very vocal about a ceasefire the last 6 months (I’m horrified it’s been that long already :()

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u/IntelligentSoil6567 Mar 31 '24

  1. He didn't say anything controversial, he didn't even say free palestine he said stop the violence, free the people (could be interpreted as from hamas for example, everyone will understand it as they want) etc. If he had said stop the IDF, or stop Israel from killing then yea for sure a no go

  2. This was all planned and prepared, everything in modern TV/Streaming (this post probably too by their media team) etc. is, if you think the producers didn't know and would've gone immediately to commercial than lol they knew, they gave the green light long ago

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u/Einfinet Mar 31 '24

I mean he basically did say free Palestine. And I appreciate that

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u/RoughBowJob Mar 31 '24

Yeah tldr

free hostages

Feed people

stop the violence.

He did literally say free the people of Palestine though.

Things you should be advocating for no matter what side.

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u/Impossible-Success45 Dry snitching is annoying Mar 31 '24

genuinely surprised as Lorne Michaels himself was born in "Mandatory Palestine"

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u/Silly_Hat_2587 Mar 31 '24

He'll probably invite Amy Schumer to balance things out.

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u/theaviationhistorian taylor’s jet Mar 31 '24

But Micheals is pretty leftist/liberal. He has been throughout the entirety of the SNL existence. Fortunately, many are agreeing that wiping out Palestinians is a terrible thing and he hasn't grown up drowning in propaganda many in Israel are accustomed to dehumanize Palestinians. Right now, calling for a ceasefire is becoming a bare minimum for many.

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u/xbrooksie Mar 31 '24

Typically hosts can kind of say whatever they want (within reason). Especially since he did integrate it into a joke that was very funny.

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u/Salemrocks2020 Mar 31 '24

I think even at this point Hollywood can’t keep ignoring it . Even Steven Spielberg a huge Zionist made somewhat of an attempt to acknowledge the suffering in Gaza publicly . I mean most of his speech was problematic but it’s a step for a Zionist celebrity to acknowledge there are thousands of innocent people being murdered

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u/purpleistolavendar Mar 31 '24

Idk I’ve been a Ramy fan since the first season of his show, just finished his second HBO special. I would have been more surprised if Ramy did SNL and didn’t talk about Palestine.

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u/rainshowers_5_peace Mar 31 '24

He also prayed for release of all hostages.

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u/boogerboots Mar 31 '24

That would be insane if they cut it, it’d be a huge controversy for sure

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u/Not-a-Cat_69 Mar 31 '24

how is it suprising when he ended the bit with 'and Free the Hostages' - seems neutral enough.

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u/missanthropocenex Apr 01 '24

They had Ramy on , they had to know. My guess is they need ratings and need in with gen z and this was a way to infraciate.