'SNL' takes on BAFTAs incident, mocks J.K. Rowling's trans 'obsession'

In a sketch that didn't make it to air, \

In a sketch that didn't make it to air, "Saturday Night Live" tackled the controversy surrounding last week's BAFTAs, while also mocking J.K. Rowling and other controversial figures.

The sketch show on Sunday, March 1 posted a sketch to its YouTube channel that was cut for time on this weekend's episode, hosted by Connor Storrie. The sketch addressed an incident at the Feb. 22 British Academy Film Awards where Tourette Syndrome advocate John Davidson involuntarily shouted a racial slur while two Black actors, Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo from "Sinners," were on stage.

The premise of the "SNL" sketch was that the BAFTAs incident inspired a series of scandal-ridden celebrities to reveal that they, too, suffer from Tourette's and that it was the reason for controversial things they have said and done. First up was Mel Gibson (Andrew Dismukes), who declared that Tourette's "explains a lot of the things I've said or yelled through the years."

Other celebrities depicted as claiming to have Tourette's included Jill Zarin, Louis C.K., Bill Cosby, Ye and Armie Hammer. Storrie portrayed Hammer, who in the sketch claimed that cannibalism is a side effect of Tourette's. "Since it's Tourette's, I guess I have to be forgiven, if not celebrated," he said.

Delroy Lindo addresses racial slur aimed at him and Michael B. Jordan