TMC
04-20-2019, 01:07 AM
https://uproxx.com/tv/colin-jost-hate-saturday-night-live/
According to Steven Hyden, "Weekend Update" co-anchor Jost is "the most despised cast member that I can recall from more than 30 years of following SNL. There have been other SNL cast members that have antagonized a large segment of viewers — your Jim Breuers, your Jay Mohrs, your Victoria Jacksons. But nobody has been quite as disliked, while also being as central to the show, as Jost. Among the people I know who like SNL, Jost (at best) is a benign presence whose essential blandness precludes feeling one way or the other about his tenure on 'Weekend Update,' or (at worst) a smug hack who relies far too often on easy, frat-dude punchlines about porno movies and penis sizes." Hyden adds: "Personally, I’m somewhere in the middle. I don’t hate Jost, though he does reflexively bug me for reasons I hadn’t bothered to contemplate (until now). But I don’t know a single person who is a self-described Colin Jost fan." Hyden's article prompted Michael Che to come to Jost's defense by smearing him (https://twitter.com/sasimons/status/1119391148013965315) on Instagram Stories and apparently messing with his Wikipedia page (https://twitter.com/Steven_Hyden/status/1119416643145347073).
According to Steven Hyden, "Weekend Update" co-anchor Jost is "the most despised cast member that I can recall from more than 30 years of following SNL. There have been other SNL cast members that have antagonized a large segment of viewers — your Jim Breuers, your Jay Mohrs, your Victoria Jacksons. But nobody has been quite as disliked, while also being as central to the show, as Jost. Among the people I know who like SNL, Jost (at best) is a benign presence whose essential blandness precludes feeling one way or the other about his tenure on 'Weekend Update,' or (at worst) a smug hack who relies far too often on easy, frat-dude punchlines about porno movies and penis sizes." Hyden adds: "Personally, I’m somewhere in the middle. I don’t hate Jost, though he does reflexively bug me for reasons I hadn’t bothered to contemplate (until now). But I don’t know a single person who is a self-described Colin Jost fan." Hyden's article prompted Michael Che to come to Jost's defense by smearing him (https://twitter.com/sasimons/status/1119391148013965315) on Instagram Stories and apparently messing with his Wikipedia page (https://twitter.com/Steven_Hyden/status/1119416643145347073).