Comedians are often accused of making fun of almost anything, which can range from trying to make light of serious situations to parodying famous people, the latter of which has resulted in many celebrities getting angry.
Not everyone is offended by the comedy mockery. Lizzo recently said, South Park It's a parody of the claim that if such a long-standing and beloved series is making jokes ridiculing her, she is clearly “that bitch.”
“I really think that the men in Colorado [South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone] “Everybody knows who I am, and they put it in their comic that's been running for 25 years. I'm such a bitch, I'm going to show everybody that I don't care, and I'm going to continue to show everybody that I don't care.”
But not everyone can ignore the sarcasm thrown in jest. Oprah Winfrey recently said: Vivid colors She rose to fame in the early 1990s with a sketch show that parodied her struggles with weight, but she's not the only star to call out sketch shows and comics that make fun of her.
From the classic show Mad TV and Saturday Night Live Like a provocative anime series The BoondocksCheck out the parodies that really upset celebs.
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Oprah – “In Living Color”
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Early 1990s sketch shows Vivid colors He has mocked a range of celebrities, from Michael Jackson and Vanilla Ice to Oprah Winfrey, who recently admitted she was hurt by a parody of herself featured on the show.
During a chat The Jamie Kahn Lima ShowThe 70-year-old recalled that Kim Wayans played her in a skit parodying her talk show.
“Vivid colors “The comedy element was that this woman kept eating while doing whatever and she got fatter and fatter and eventually she exploded,” she recalled of the 1990 episode. “The whole audience was like, 'Wow, I'm not a racist.'” [laughing] And that woman was me.”
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Ye – South Park
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The artist formerly known as Kanye West joined the band in 2009. South Park In the season 13 episode “Fishsticks,” a comedy about West being an egomaniac, a funny twist is depicted in which he gets annoyed that he doesn't get the joke about fishsticks, but won't let anyone explain it to him because he's a self-proclaimed “genius.” The show also makes a satirical parody of West's 2008 song “Heartless” as “Gay Fish.”
Ye was initially supportive of the parody, writing on his blog shortly after the episode aired:South Park It's so funny what killed me last night. I feel bad for you, but South Park!”
But he later South Park In his 2010 song “Gorgeous,” he rapped, criticizing the team in a parody, saying, ” South Park A writer with fish sticks.” View the throne“Made in America,” he spat.South Park It made everybody laugh / Now all my homies design it and we're all proud of it.”
He also mentioned the parody version of “Life of the Party” that appears on the deluxe edition. Dondarhymes with, “South Park I was making jokes about fish sticks/To this day the whole team can kiss that dick.”
South Park In 2013, he parodied Ye again in an episode of “The Hobbit.”
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Bobby Brown – Saturday Night Live
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Bobby Brown wasn't too happy about him and the late Whitney Houston being parodied by Tracy Morgan and Maya Rudolph. Saturday Night Live Back in 2002, the skit was based on Houston's now infamous 2002 interview with Diane Sawyer.
“It was hateful,” Brown said. SNL According to the skit Atlanta Black Star“People do hateful things, but you have to be patient and be able to accept the good and the bad.”
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Bobby Brown – “Mad TV”
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The members of New Edition are Mad TVwas a parody of their relationship, with Aries Spears and Debra Wilson's performances making heavy use of the couple's drug use.
“They really upset me, and I took a lot of their harassment personally,” Brown said. Mad TVHe spoke about the sketch, adding that he and Whitney had discussed a showdown between the two comedic actors.
“Me and Whitney were,” he admitted, but ultimately decided not to. “No, no, no, I'm not going to do that. I don't want to put Aries Spears in a corner somewhere. Sketches are sketches, comedy is comedy. I think I realized a long time ago that I can't deal with personal issues to the point of wanting to physically harm someone.”
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Tyler Perry – The Boondocks
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The Boondocks During its four season run, the show parodied many celebrities, including Tyler Perry in the season three episode “Pause.” The show parodied Perry with the character Winston Jerome, and created the outrageous character Ma Dukes, an obvious parody of Perry's character Madea. The show also portrayed “Winston Jerome” as a sexual predator and gay cult leader hiding behind a religious facade.
According to co-executive producer Carl Jones, Perry was infuriated by the depiction. At the time, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim was owned by Turner Broadcasting, so Perry, who had several shows on TBS, used his reputation with the network to block the episode from being rebroadcast.
“When that episode aired, at least what I heard from the network, Tyler himself called me and said, 'We don't want that crap show on the air anymore.' He had a bunch of shows on TBS at the time. We were little black cartoons. Tyler Perry was God.”
