{"id":9378,"date":"2026-04-05T21:23:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9378"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:23:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:23:58","slug":"130046367-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9378","title":{"rendered":"\u2018How is that comedy?\u2019: SNL UK faces backlash over crude joke referencing Mark Zuckerberg and Adolf Hitler &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130046367,imgsize-78630,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/130046367.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018How is that comedy?\u2019: SNL UK faces backlash over crude joke referencing Mark Zuckerberg and Adolf Hitler\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A segment on Saturday Night Live UK has sparked backlash after a controversial joke about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mark-zuckerberg\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> and his reported California bunker drew shocked reactions from audiences and viewers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The remark aired during the show\u2019s \u201cWeekend Update\u201d segment, where co-host Ania Magliano referenced reports that Zuckerberg is building a bunker under his California compound.<!-- --> She said, \u201cIt\u2019s been revealed that Meta billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is building a bunker under his compound in California.\u201d She then added, \u201cAnd I hope he uses that bunker in exactly the same way Hitler did.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>The comment prompted audible gasps from the live studio audience. The reference was to Adolf Hitler, who died by suicide in his bunker in 1945 as World War II came to an end.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Clips of the segment quickly spread online, where viewers reacted strongly. <!-- -->Some criticised the joke as going too far, questioning whether such references should be used in comedy. One viewer wrote on social media, \u201cHow is that comedy?\u201d while another said, \u201cThat line about the bunker\u2026 yikes.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Others defended the segment, arguing that satire often pushes boundaries. Some viewers said the show was \u201cone of the funniest things going,\u201d showing a split in audience reaction.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The sketch was part of a wider segment that also targeted several public figures, including US President Donald Trump, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and golfer Tiger Woods.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The show itself is a UK adaptation of the long-running American format and is still in its early run. Its debut episode drew around 226,000 viewers, with the second episode seeing a slight drop in audience numbers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Zuckerberg, the head of Meta, has not publicly responded to the joke yet. Reports about his property developments, including a large compound in California, have circulated in recent months, though details remain limited.<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/etimes\/trending\/how-is-that-comedy-snl-uk-faces-backlash-over-crude-joke-referencing-mark-zuckerberg-and-adolf-hitler\/articleshow\/130046367.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A segment on Saturday Night Live UK has sparked backlash after a controversial joke about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23538,23537,23539,3440,23536],"class_list":["post-9378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bunker-joke","tag-comedy-backlash","tag-humor-controversy","tag-mark-zuckerberg","tag-saturday-night-live-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}