“SNL’s” Michael Che Slammed for Comments on Viral Catcall Video

Lloyd Bishop/NBC(NEW YORK) — Saturday Night Live castmember Michael Che has been blasted on social media for Facebook posts he wrote in response to a viral video showing a woman being verbally harassed more than 100 times while walking down a New York City Street this past Tuesday.

The posts linked to Che’s account have been deleted, but Business Insider captured a screenshot of the Facebook post, in which the 31-year-old comedian likens catcalls to fans recognizing him from SNL.

“i wanna apologize to all the women that ive harrassed with statements like ‘hi’ or ‘have a nice day’ or ‘youre beautiful’. i cant imagine what that must feel like. the closest thing I’ve experienced is maybe when a girl recognizes me from tv and they say things like ‘AHHHH!! OH MY GOD!! SNL SNL SNL!! TAKE A PICTURE!! TAKE A PICTURE!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!! WHATS YOUR NAME AGAIN?! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! WAIT SAY SOMETHING FUNNY!!’ but even that is nothing like the harrassment of having a complete stranger tell me to ‘smile,'” Che writes.

He followed that with a somewhat sarcastic apology for the comment: “i wanna apologize for my last apology. sometimes i forget that i belong to all of you now, and that any thought i have should be filtered through you, and receive ur approval. it’s tough, because i’m used to taking risks and finding humor in places of discomfort. but thats all over cause i have a job on tv. and if i say the wrong thing youll see to it that its taken away. so the next time i have a silly thought, ill giggle to myself, keep my mouth shut, & post a picture with my arm around a more famous person i met somewhere.”

Che defended his remarks on Twitter, writing, “i think some of u are misunderstanding that post. im simply just making fun of something that is important to a lot of people.”

The video that prompted Che’s posts has received over 20 million views.

Che co-anchors SNL’s “Weekend Update” segment.

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