Woody Harrelson

This weekend, Woody Harrelson hosted Saturday Night Live for the fifth time, but you'd be forgiven if you thought it was his first time while watching him ...

diagnosis, walked the red carpet with a cane that said “FU MS.” [ [ This is spoken like someone who smokes a lot of weed and is consequently paranoid. Harrelson’s suggestion that covid is a conspiracy to control people is not “funny ‘cause it’s true”—to be clear, it isn’t either—but the humor was based on the reality of Harrelson’s worldview. I do that voluntarily all day long.” Sigh. This weekend, Woody Harrelson hosted Saturday Night Live for the fifth time, but you’d be forgiven if you thought it was his first time while watching him live from the 30 Rock stage.

SNL host has a history of strange anti-science remarks during the Covid pandemic.

[SNL](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/snl/) monologue Saturday night, an apparently under the influence Harrelson continued along these lines. In April 2020, Harrelson [posted](https://nypost.com/2020/04/05/woody-harrelson-sharing-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-tied-to-5g/) a gonzo article tying the supposed “negative effects of 5G” to the spread of Covid, saying he found it “very interesting.” In a May 2022 [interview](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/05/woody-harrelson-anti-mask-anarchist-cannes-interview-triangle-of-sadness) with Vanity Fair, Harrelson said of mask-wearing during the pandemic, “As one who doesn’t believe in the germ theory, I find it rather absurd.” He then remarked, “I threw the script away. I mean, who is gonna believe that crazy idea! [‘Live at SoFi Stadium:’ How to Watch The Weeknd's HBO Concert Special Online Free](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/watch-the-weeknd-hbo-concert-sofi-stadium-stream-online-free-1234686671/) [Oscar-nominated actor](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/woody-harrelsons-lost-weekend-629306/), who first won over audiences on Cheers, is a 9/11 truther who’s shared a number of [conspiracy theories](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/conspiracy-theories/) during the [Covid](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/covid/) pandemic.

What was supposed to be the actor's big induction into the Five-Timers Club ended up going south fast Saturday night.

“I threw the script away,” he continued as the audience chuckled uncomfortably. “So the movie goes like this,” he said. “and five glorious months.”

Harrelson's first episode as host saw the young actor come on in support of 'Cheers'. His musical guest was David Byrne. In 2023, Harrelson becomes the 24th SNL ...

In 2023, Harrelson becomes the 24th SNL host to join the Five-Timers Club. Harrelson’s first episode as host saw the young actor come on in support of ‘Cheers’. Harrelson’s first time hosting the show was in 1989, followed by subsequent appearances in 1992, 2014, and 2019.

Woody Harrelson hosted Saturday Night Live for the fifth time and the actor was seemingly expecting to get his five-timers club jacket but things didn't go ...

Saturday Night Live has found the next member of its Five-Timers Club. Saturday night, Woody Harrelson will join the illustrious group as he takes the stage ...

Throughout the remainder of Season 48, currently expected to run through May, NBC is simulcasting new episodes live on both NBC and Peacock. Travis Kelce and Kelse Ballerini will appear on the show next weekend, March 4th, while Jenna Ortega and The 1975 will take to 30 Rock on March 11th. Tonight's episode also serves as the first of three new episodes before the show's next break.

Actor Woody Harrelson becomes a member of the famed 'five-timers club' as he returns to guest-host tonight. He is joined by musical guest Jack White.

Today begins with a daytime “Family Ties” theme — featuring titles like The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) and Father of the Bride (1950) — and an evening “Adventure” lineup of titles including The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and The African Queen (1951). In the series finale “Our Frozen Planet,” Sir David Attenborough takes viewers on a journey to threatened areas where increasing temperatures and melting ice could have devastating consequences for the planet. In the season premiere, “Wine & Traffic,” Noah responds to Simone’s (Ashleigh Morghan) marriage proposal, which leads the fellas to go on an adventure, while Nicky deals with tension between her and her secret boyfriend. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) — five nominations, including Best Picture and Actor (Gary Cooper), and one win, for director Frank Capra; Harvey (1950) — a Best Actor nomination for James Stewart and a Best Supporting Actress win for Josephine Hull; Born Yesterday (1950) — five nominations, including Best Director (George Cukor), and one win: Best Actress (Judy Holliday); Some Like It Hot (1959) — six nominations, including Best Actor (Jack Lemmon), Director (Billy Wilder) and the screenplay adaptation by Wilder and I.A.L. Meanwhile, Twitch (voice of Kathreen Khavari), Thrash (Zeno Robinson) and the rest of the Malto family continue to learn what it means to be a Transformers robot, what it means to be human and, ultimately, what it means to be a family. When a family is poisoned in their home, the team discovers a connection to the Becks. Once a lone bounty hunter, Mando has reunited with Grogu (“Baby Yoda”), as the New Republic struggles to lead the galaxy away from its dark history. The epic family sci-fi/adventure series wraps up its second season with the two-part episode “The Journey.” In Part 1, Gavin (Eoin Macken) leads his family into a new way home, but each step inches everyone closer toward his devastating vision of Eve’s (Natalie Zea) death. Anya Banerjee joins the cast in a regular role as Siya Malik, an MI6 intelligence officer and daughter of the late Meera Malik, an early member of the task force who was played by Parminder Nagra in the show’s first season (the character was assassinated in the season finale). Tonight’s second feature is The Watermelon Woman (1996), a romantic comedy/drama from Cheryl Dunye, who also stars as a young Black lesbian filmmaker who probes into the life of a 1930s Black actress who played “mammy” stereotypes in movies of the time. chef is invited to a manor in Ireland to cook for the royal banquet in an effort by a lord to convince his grandmother not to sell their home. Up first is Bright Road (1953), a drama that marked Belafonte’s feature film debut, and in which he debuted his song “Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down).” Also displaying her singing talents a little here is star Dorothy Dandridge, and she and Belafonte got to show their skills on an even grander level the following year in the musical Carmen Jones (1954), which airs next.

Woody Harrelson hosts 'Saturday Night Live' for the fifth time since his first hosting gig in 1989.

[Bowen Yang](https://ew.com/person/bowen-yang/) work out together in a surreal sketch. [Mikey Day](https://ew.com/person/mikey-day/)) convenes his cast — they're filming a movie about obesity. [Heidi Gardner](https://ew.com/person/heidi-gardner/)) is a mother – she has four daughters and one son. Clearly this was inspired by [The Whale](https://ew.com/creative-work/the-whale/). [Ego Nwodim](https://ew.com/person/ego-nwodim/)) provides commentary, naysaying his promises. On the other side of the glass, [Kenan Thompson](https://ew.com/person/kenan-thompson/) dispels some of Carla Jean's white lies. [Michael Che](https://ew.com/person/michael-che/) calls Marjorie Taylor Greene the most "divorced woman" he's ever seen. And the segment concludes with [a nice tribute to Eugene Lee](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/arts/television/eugene-lee-dead.html), the legendary production designer who recently passed away at 83. [remaking movies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clg20fxfXQc) he starred in decades ago. She remembers: "He was in our [Delta Delta Delta sketch](https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/delta-delta-delta-finals-week/2724095) with David Spade and we couldn't get through the sketch without laughing. [Chloe Fineman](https://ew.com/tv/chloe-fineman-jennifer-coolidge-impression-the-black-lotus-snl-spoof/)) is brought out: the audience seems confused about who she is. That makes him a member of the Five Timers Club — nearly 35 years in the making, as the former Cheers star (and three-time Oscar nominee) first hosted way back in 1989.

Woody Harrelson has reached a Saturday Night Live benchmark of epic proportions. Saturday, the Champions star made his fifth hosting stop at 30 Rock, ...

Throughout the remainder of Season 48, currently expected to run through May, NBC is simulcasting new episodes live on both NBC and Peacock. Among the list of Fiver-Timers include comedy icons Steve Martin, Elliott Gould, Danny DeVitto, and Bill Murray. That all changed in the night's closing moments as Marvel mainstay Scarlett Johansson, a Five-Timer in her own right, shocked the audience by arriving at Studio 8H to finally give the actor his navy jacket.

Woody Harrelson hosted Saturday Night Live for the fifth time and the actor was seemingly expecting to get his five-timers club jacket but things didn't go ...

Near the end of his opening monologue, SNL host Woody Harrelson wrapped things up with what sounded like an anti-vaxxer message.

"The biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes. But when Harrelson got to the end of his monologue and revealed where he was going with his "script reading" story, things got really weird. Clocking in at a little more that 6-1/2 minutes, the rambling mess included Harreslon looking for someone to give him "SNL 5-Time Host" jacket, a rundown of colors that he likes to show how he's open to all people, a lot of moments when Harrelson kinda felt the need to defend his weed use, some stuff about palm tress, and a number of other random topics that screamed less-scripted and more "stream of consciousness."

After Woody Harrelson referenced an anti-vax conspiracy theory in his Saturday Night Live monologue, Elon Musk praised the show.

[Musk commented](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1629734523255545856?s=20) on a video of the monologue, before retweeting it to his own page with [the praise](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1629746474496999427?s=20), “So based. Scarlett Johansson may have been the one to induct Harrelson into the Five Timers Club, but Musk was the one waiting with open arms to welcome him into the [controversial hosts category](https://www.avclub.com/by-booking-elon-musk-saturday-night-live-is-dabbling-i-1846789459?_ga=2.57204456.317181584.1677506248-1488648406.1652714420). [COVID-19 to 5G](https://www.gq.com/story/coronavirus-5g-conspiracy-theory-explained). “Maybe they don’t realize that their propaganda is wrong?” Musk [tweeted](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1629748345148174336?s=20) about the outlets. And Harrelson is no stranger to those: early in the pandemic, he posted and deleted from his Instagram a conspiracy theory connecting When it comes to anti-vaccination conspiracy theories, Musk’s support probably says more about him than the person spouting it.

Actor Woody Harrelson included a joke about an anti-vaccine conspiracy theory during his opening monologue on 'Saturday Night Live,' stirring up ...

Vaccination is most popular among Canadians over the age of 60. Others felt the joke was a harmful means of spreading false, anti-science rhetoric about the Almost immediately after the episode aired, Harrelson’s joke became the subject of fierce debate online. [government of Canada](https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html?utm_campaign=hc-sc-phaccovidphmsem-22-23&utm_medium=sem&utm_source=ggl&utm_content=ad-text-en&utm_term=coronavirus%20in%20canada&adv=2223-266650&id_campaign=396783974&id_source=1245747283117539&id_content=&gclid=399861a05727155da9c3025c8460081e&gclsrc=3p.ds&) and the [World Health Organization](https://covid19.who.int/). The punchline: “I threw the script away. Harrelson, who got his start on Cheers, has been known to occasionally share conspiracy theories.

He plays an actor who gained 450 pounds by eating “gristle loaf” — it's “compressed beef fat and corn syrup,” made into a loaf. “SNL” cast member Chloe Fineman ...

The movie here, however, is not called “The Whale,” but instead “The Hippo,” with Harrelson playing an actor named Keith who’s upset about how far he’s had to take himself for the part. [Saturday Night Live](https://www.indiewire.com/t/saturday-night-live/)” took advantage of the movie’s controversy-baiting narrative, with five-time host [Woody Harrelson](https://www.indiewire.com/t/woody-harrelson/) spoofing the Academy Award-nominated film in a new sketch. The two-time Palme d’Or winner’s scathing and scatological satire of the uber-rich isn’t likely to win any of the Academy Awards’ major prizes, but it’s been widely acclaimed since its Cannes 2022 premiere and release last fall. He plays an actor who gained 450 pounds by eating “gristle loaf” — it’s “compressed beef fat and corn syrup,” made into a loaf. Harrelson stars in “Triangle of Sadness,” which is nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund. [The Whale](https://www.indiewire.com/t/the-whale/).” It stars Brendan Fraser as an obese online English teacher, with the now-Oscar-nominated actor wearing a [quite-heavy fat suit to play the role](https://www.indiewire.com/2022/11/brendan-fraser-defends-the-whale-fat-suit-accurate-1234786823/), coming to terms with the looming end of his life.

Woody Harrelson hosted Saturday Night Live for the fifth time tonight and the actor was seemingly expecting to get his five-timers club jacket — but things ...

After a season dominated by first-time hosts, Saturday Night Live veteran Woody Harrelson returned to the Studio 8H to join the esteemed “Five-Timers Club,” ...

It is the juxtaposition between the austerity of the American military with the absurdity of internet culture that makes this sketch work. - I wonder what the contingency plan is for a possible Biden-Trump debate. Harreslon is a contradiction - like he said a “Redneck Hippie” - and has a little something for everyone. Maybe it is all the yelling, but the ridiculousness of this sketch earned its runtime. As good as it is, it begs the question: Why not build a sketch around the character. Best sketch of the night The main point is that SNL should invest in and spotlight more character work for sketches. The issue with “Slingshot” is that it just feels lazy. The lenght of time is a testament to Harrelson’s enduring popularity in American culture. While Kenan Thompson’s physical comedy is funny, it will never eclipse the reality of original videos. Harrelson’s accomplishment is all the more astounding that it occurred over a span of 33 years. It is potentially dangerous for the world, but good material for SNL.

The "Saturday Night Live" host kicked off his fifth time hosting the show with a confusing monologue this weekend.

Woody Harrelson guest hosted 'Saturday Night Live' and made several jokes about the coronavirus pandemic and the medical industry, which caused a major ...

"You know, the red in me thinks you should be allowed to own guns," he said. Harrelson then joked: "I threw the script away. over the last few years. And people can only come out if they take the cartel’s drugs and keep taking them over and over." "The biggest And Twitter CEO Elon Musk chimed in on the discussion.

The actor has made controversial remarks about the pandemic in the past.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, he said of mask-wearing: “As one who doesn’t believe in the germ theory, I find it rather absurd.” “Who are they going to have guest host next week, Scott Adams?” Eventually, he concluded: “So the movie goes like this.

Closing out the segment, Harrelson talks about a film pitch that included one of the "craziest script" he's read, which included the "biggest drug cartels" ...

Woody Harrelson raised more than a few eyebrows during his "Saturday Night Live" appearance ... this after the actor went all conspiratorial on COVID ...

He also suggested 5G cellular networks were responsible for the spread of COVID, but he later deleted the post. this after the actor went all conspiratorial on COVID vaccines ... A second person wrote, "That's NOT COOL! And people can only come out if they take the cartel’s drugs and keep taking them over and over.” Being forced to do drugs? [Woody Harrelson](https://www.tmz.com/people/woody-harrelson/) raised more than a few eyebrows during his "Saturday Night Live" appearance ...

Woody Harrelson seemingly took aim at COVID vaccine mandates, lockdown measures in 2020 and recommended booster shots in his "SNL" opening monologue.

A September 2022 study by the CDC determined a [primary series of the vaccine in addition to a booster](https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccine-effectiveness) was significantly more effective at preventing hospitalization than only a primary series. He was awarded a jacket from Scarlett Johansson later in the show. I’m purple." Harrelson added: "I threw the script away. So, I’m red and blue which makes purple. "So the movie goes like this…

The actor has made controversial remarks about the pandemic in the past.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, he said of mask-wearing: “As one who doesn’t believe in the germ theory, I find it rather absurd.” “Who are they going to have guest host next week, Scott Adams?” Eventually, he concluded: “So the movie goes like this.

His comments—which appeared to compare Covid-19 vaccine-makers to “drug cartels”—were applauded on Twitter by Elon Musk.

In a May interview with [Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/05/woody-harrelson-anti-mask-anarchist-cannes-interview-triangle-of-sadness), Harrelson said he found having to wear masks on set “absurd,” as he is “one who doesn't believe in the germ theory.” Covid-19 is spread through airborne transmission of droplets, and [masks prevent](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/masking-science-sars-cov2.html) the “emission of virus-laden droplets” and “help reduce inhalation of these droplets” by the wearer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [saying](https://nypost.com/2020/04/05/woody-harrelson-sharing-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-tied-to-5g/) he hasn’t “fully vetted it [but] I find it very interesting,” according to the New York Post. This unfounded conspiracy theory [spread](https://www.bu.edu/hic/2021/01/04/5g-doesnt-cause-covid-19-but-the-rumor-it-does-spread-like-a-virus/) during April 2020, when much of the United States was in lockdown. Harrelson didn’t directly mention the coronavirus vaccines in his monologue, but his jokes appeared to be barely-veiled references to pandemic restrictions and vaccine-makers (in reality, many states Harrelson said he “threw the script away” because “who’s going to believe that crazy idea, being forced to do drugs—I do that voluntarily all day long.” During his monologue, Harrelson joked about having a read a crazy script in which “all the biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes, and people can only come out if they take the cartels’ drugs and keep taking them over and over.”

The actor, currently starring in the Oscar-nominated "Triangle of Sadness," and the new sports comedy "Champions," is as well-known for his affinity for ...

"I wanted to be emotionally available," he explained, "to my family, to my friends. And the feeling of that – like they say, that feeling that you get from that applause – that's what makes you say, this is it." I'm the year of the ox, you know, just slowly I trudge along. "Yeah. He said, "People are just anxious to put you in a little box in this industry, you know? He's been at "it" ever since. It just kind of freaked me," Harrelson said. But it's the laugh he got one day in his high school library that hooked him on show business: "The guys on the football team who had heard me do it before, they're like, 'Woody, do your Elvis.' And I'm like, 'Kidding me? "It's just a little dream of what a great dispensary could be," he said. "I've always been much more partial to the more indie spirit, you know, the movies that have this kind of deep heart," he said. "To just throw things out and see how it goes? Harrelson plays a prickly but charming basketball coach with NBA dreams, who finds himself coaching a team of players with intellectual disabilities called "The Friends."

During his 'Saturday Night Live' monologue last night, Woody Harrelson shared conspiracies about COVID vaccines, leading to debate online.

He appeared as part of [The White Stripes](https://www.nme.com/artists/the-white-stripes) in 2002, performing ‘Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground’ and ‘We’re Going to Be Friends’. The biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes. “I threw the script away,” he laughed. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) [Announced at the start of the month](https://www.nme.com/news/music/jack-white-to-perform-on-saturday-night-live-later-this-month-3392461), the appearance was White’s fifth turn on Saturday Night Live. [Saturday Night Live](https://www.nme.com/tag/saturday-night-live) monologue last night (February 25), Woody Harrelson shared conspiracies about [COVID](https://www.nme.com/tag/coronavirus) vaccines, leading to debate online.

"SNL" guest host Woody Harrelson this weekend sent up Brendan Fraser's Oscar-nominated performance in "The Whale" and the troubling Hollywood trend of ...

"I have something called triabetes now. And Jonas grew a beard, which I know he hates," Blake agreed. "I know, I know!

Woody Harrelson joined an exclusive list of other stars part of Saturday Night Live's iconic Five-Timers Club — including John Mulaney, Scarlett Johansson, ...

1 that the series was also losing [Melissa Villaseñor](https://people.com/movies/independent-spirit-awards-2021-melissa-villasenor-impersonates-owen-wilson-kate-mckinnon-more-stars/) and [Alex Moffat](https://people.com/tv/alex-moffat-as-joe-biden-snl/), as well as featured player [Aristotle Athari](https://people.com/tv/meet-the-new-members-joining-the-saturday-night-live-season-47-cast/). Then, [Chris Redd](https://people.com/tv/snl-chris-redd-weighs-in-on-pete-davidson-kanye-west-feud/) announced [his departure from SNL](https://people.com/tv/chris-redd-latest-to-depart-saturday-night-live/) after five seasons, while [Cecily Strong](https://people.com/tv/saturday-night-live-cecily-strong-still-cast-member-despite-absence-from-opening-credits/) left the show in December 2022. [studio canceled their film after preparations and sacrifices were made](https://youtu.be/HtJ70buqmHU) for their roles, including weight gain. [Travis Kelce](https://people.com/sports/all-about-brothers-travis-kelce-jason-kelce/) as host and [Kelsea Ballerini](https://people.com/tag/kelsea-ballerini/) as musical guest. [Marcello Hernandez](https://www.instagram.com/marcellohdz/?hl=en), [Molly Kearney](https://www.instagram.com/meatbrickmolly/?hl=en), [Michael Longfellow](https://www.instagram.com/longfellow_michael/?hl=en) and [Devon Walker](https://www.instagram.com/internetdevon/?hl=en). [Kate McKinnon](https://people.com/tag/kate-mckinnon/), [Pete Davidson](https://people.com/tag/pete-davidson/), [Aidy Bryant](https://people.com/tag/aidy-bryant/) and [Kyle Mooney](https://people.com/tv/kanye-west-rap-battles-kyle-mooney-on-saturday-night-live-video/) exited after the [season 47 finale](https://people.com/tv/aidy-bryant-leaves-saturday-night-live-snl-weekend-update-video/). He last appeared on the series back in 2020 during the Bill Burr-hosted episode. [John Mulaney](https://people.com/tv/olivia-munn-john-mulaney-relationship-timeline/), [Paul Rudd](https://people.com/tag/paul-rudd/) and [Melissa McCarthy](https://people.com/tag/melissa-mccarthy/), to name a few. "Still no jacket? "No jacket? [confirmed](https://people.com/tv/saturday-night-live-melissa-villasenor-alex-moffat-aristotle-athari-leave-before-season-48/) on Sept. [Woody Harrelson](https://people.com/tag/woody-harrelson/)!

Woody Harrelson delivers the least funny SNL monologue in ages, indicating the bad vibes for the rest of the show. A recap and review of season 48, ...

[introducing musical guest Jack White for the first time](https://youtu.be/OHp_h7RLfAU), is another hint that something went awry during the opening monologue. [ nosy prison guards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlKXYzYqxXY&list=PLS_gQd8UB-hKSlk9HSpAn8Cf3OZQN44Eb&index=3) who continue to be nosy, the guy who intermittently [ passes out during a theme park ride](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLRIUeNX7pk&list=PLS_gQd8UB-hKSlk9HSpAn8Cf3OZQN44Eb&index=4) and keeps doing so, the mother who is [ creepily enamored with her son](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXq0rM_1VHk&list=PLS_gQd8UB-hKSlk9HSpAn8Cf3OZQN44Eb&index=8) and remains as such, and so forth. [ actually works](https://www.cologuard.com/using-and-returning-your-cologuard-kit), it sure seems weird that the anthropomorphic boxes from [ those commercials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHo7mK6mcQQ) are so chipper. Every fresh detail here is funnier than the last, especially Thomas the box’s preferred word for defecation: “unleash.” Also, as much as I dragged the monologue’s overdependence on Harrelson’s prodigious weed use, the meta-joke about it at the end of this sketch is a perfect grace note to end on. Harrelson has a right to [ his opinions](https://nypost.com/2020/04/05/woody-harrelson-sharing-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-tied-to-5g/), but it’s neither a defense of Big Pharma nor liberal priggishness to suggest that this bizarre and unfunny polemic should have been left out of the show. Che and Jost both deliver some of their jokes with genuine surprise and delight, like they’d either never seen them before or the jokes had been tweaked since they last saw them. In a morass of sketches that miss the mark, the most consistently entertaining part of this episode was the succession of goofy wigs Harrelson donned throughout the night. Harrelson has been a reliably funny presence in film and television for over 35 years, and the episode had nowhere to go but up. In any case, things got off to a rocky start with the fifth-time host emerging, arms akimbo, alluding to an imminent [ induction into the Five-Timers Club](https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/john-mulaney-gets-inducted-into-snls-five-timers-club.html) that didn’t happen. It would be a little funny if, in this sketch, Martin Herlihy and John Higgins were simply dating each other and excluding Ben Marshall from post-work hangs. This week’s episode, though, had the least funny and most discomfiting monologue in ages, which proved to be a prescient indicator of things to come. Post-monologue, the odds were still in the show’s favor.

Harrelson, who hosted for the fifth time on Saturday, worked in a joke during his monologue that repeated a pandemic plot favored by vaccination opponents.

[Lee Goldberg](https://twitter.com/LeeGoldberg/status/1629736495115563008). Another [viewer asked](https://twitter.com/CaulfieldTim/status/1629870929395474432): “Does #SNL think just harmless noise? The actor, who described himself as an “anarchist, Marxist, ethical hedonist, nondiscriminatory empath, epistemological deconstructionist and Texan,” immediately began receiving accolades from people who oppose coronavirus vaccines.

Elon Musk praises Woody Harrelson for spreading COVID-19 anti-vax message on Saturday Night Live while others criticized actor for 'normalizing' conspiracy ...

Attempts to watch the monologue on the network’s site were met with [an error message](https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/woody-harrelson-monologue/NBCE052549914). Normalizing [#antivaxx](https://twitter.com/hashtag/antivaxx?src=hashtag_click) conspiracies does real harm!” “Does [#SNL](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SNL?src=hashtag_click) think just harmless noise? [complained to Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/05/woody-harrelson-anti-mask-anarchist-cannes-interview-triangle-of-sadness) last year about [masking](https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/1/23/23567654/mask-mandate-navajo-nation-covid-19) and other “absurd protocols” in place on movie sets. [John Pavlovitz](https://twitter.com/johnpavlovitz/status/1629873749242544129), known as [“the digital pastor of the resistance”](https://www.deseret.com/2018/3/15/20641724/john-pavlovitz-digital-pastor-of-the-resistance-pitches-a-bigger-christian-tent) during Donald Trump’s presidency, tweeted, “Anti-Vaxxers won’t listen to highly educated people who’ve spent their lives devoted to science and medicine—but they will listen to a guy who they saw in that movie they watched a few years ago.” But he also told a story about being pitched a “crazy idea” the year before the pandemic.

Finally, at the end of the show, Scarlett Johansson came onstage to give him a jacket, thereby welcoming Harrelson to join the ranks of “SNL” five-timers. Other ...

Harrelson and Johansson – who is married to “SNL” cast member Colin Jost – are currently filming a movie together, titled “Project Artemis” costarring Channing Tatum. Finally, at the end of the show, Scarlett Johansson came onstage to give him a jacket, thereby welcoming Harrelson to join the ranks of “SNL” five-timers. [Woody Harrelson](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/01/opinions/eat-the-rich-the-menu-triangle-of-sadness-stewart/index.html) this weekend, when he returned to host “ [Saturday Night Live](https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2023/02/26/snl-cold-open-donald-trump-east-palestine-visit-emily-kohrs-mgw-orig.cnn).”

As he was inducted into Saturday Night Live's Five-Timers Club this weekend, Woody Harrelson's opening monologue took a bizarre turn into an anti-vaccine ...

For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from the [CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/index.html), [WHO](https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019) and [ local public health departments](https://www.naccho.org/membership/lhd-directory). 23, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [ coronavirus pandemic](https://people.com/tag/coronavirus/) rapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. [I find it very interesting](https://nypost.com/2020/04/05/woody-harrelson-sharing-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-tied-to-5g/)," he wrote in the since-deleted Instagram post, according to the New York Post. "So yeah, f--- Woody Harrelson." It's probably time for Lorne to retire." "So, the movie goes like this," said Harrelson. "It's disappointing that Lorne Michaels would allow this conspiratorial nonsense on his show. [True Detective](https://people.com/tag/true-detective/) alum has shared similar views in the past, telling Vanity Fair last May of his stance on [masking](https://people.com/health/cdc-recommends-face-masks-again-in-new-york-city-los-angeles-as-covid-cases-rise/): "As one who doesn't believe in the germ theory, [I find it rather absurd](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/05/woody-harrelson-anti-mask-anarchist-cannes-interview-triangle-of-sadness)." [the anti-vax stupidity in America just peaked](https://twitter.com/maddenifico/status/1629881111059865603?s=20)," wrote one person. [Woody Harrelson](https://people.com/tag/woody-harrelson/)'s [Saturday Night Live](https://people.com/tag/saturday-night-live/) hosting gig has found the star surrounded by controversy. [Lorne Michaels](https://people.com/tag/lorne-michaels/) out for platforming lies about the life-saving vaccine.

The actor and marijuana entrepreneur spoke about the ups and downs of his career in Hollywood, including passing on "Jerry Maguire."

Woody Harrelson divided 'Saturday Night Live' viewers over a bizarre monologue that was seemingly spreading anti-vax conspiracies.

“It’s such an incredibly selfish & privileged position, the anti-vax, anti-lockdown, covid conspiracy one. [shared](https://twitter.com/HollHox/status/1629787722406666240?s=20). [tweeted](https://twitter.com/radiohouston/status/1629876227401039880?s=20), “Woody Harrelson ~actually~ admitted to being a drugged out redneck. [replied with a target emoji](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1629748454925692932?s=20). [tweeting](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1629746474496999427?s=20), “So based. Being forced to do drugs?

Woody Harrelson, who has a history of spreading COVID-19 conspiracy theories, has drawn criticism for appearing to denounce pandemic safety measures and ...

In a May [interview with Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/05/woody-harrelson-anti-mask-anarchist-cannes-interview-triangle-of-sadness), Harrelson inaccurately stated that face masks don’t limit COVID-19 infections, claimed he hasn’t contracted the virus because his “immune system’s strong,” said he “doesn’t believe in the germ theory” and deemed protective equipment on set — such as masks and face shields — “rather absurd.” “I threw the script away,” he continued. County as those who received an updated booster during the latest coronavirus spike. Tips from experts to have a conversation that could possibly change their mind. “The movie goes like this,” Harrelson said. “I mean, who was gonna believe that crazy idea?

It isn't the first time the actor has shared his opinions on pandemic measures.

The actor and marijuana entrepreneur spoke about the ups and downs of his career in Hollywood, including passing on "Jerry Maguire."