Saturday Night Live (SNL) star Chloe Fineman is catching heat after a previous job confession. The comedian told a story about getting fired as a teenage camp counselor and once viewers learned the child’s age, the backlash came fast.
Chloe Fineman faces backlash for controversial job confession
The SNL cast member’s story originally appeared in Vanity Fair’s “‘SNL’ Cast Test How Well They Know Each Other.” In it, Fineman asked her colleagues to guess which job she lost and later regained at age 16. Mikey Day joked that she made “racially insensitive comments.” Sarah Sherman guessed a restaurant fired her for attitude problems. But Fineman revealed, “I was fired as a camp counselor.”
When Day asked if she was “hitting on the campers,” Fineman said no. Then she explained why she got the axe: “I pantsed a boy.” According to Chloe Fineman, the boy had a habit of lifting her shirt whenever she hugged him. “He would be like, ‘Hey, could I have a hug?’ And then I’d go to hug him and he’d lift my shirt, like a d***.”
She decided to get even. “And so we were on a hike and I was like, ‘Hey, Ollie, go look over there. It’s a hawk.’ He looked and then I yanked his pants down, and then I was fired.” Vanity Fair later reportedly appeared to have edited the video.
The original version included reportedly details that made viewers uncomfortable. Fineman reportedly said the boy was 6 years old. She also mentioned that after pulling his pants down, “his little ding-a-ling was out” and that a school bus drove by (via Variety).
YouTube commenters called the story upsetting. One wrote, “Chloe doing her funny voice while she describes exposing a child’s genitals was quite upsetting.” Another said, “WTF is wrong with Chloe?” A third added, “I’m not sure why in this current climate, Chloe thought that would be a funny story to share.” Some questioned why Vanity Fair aired it at all. One commenter quipped, “The editor was the kid Chloe pantsed that’s the only explanation for why that wasn’t cut out.”
Vanity Fair has not publicly clarified the reason behind the edits.
Originally reported by Devanshi Basu on Mandatory.
