“Saturday Night Live” did not hold back on one of its own.
“Weekend Update” anchor Colin Jost kicked off his segment with the 2006 photo of Sen.
Al Franken (D-Minn.) smiling as he groped radio broadcaster Leeann Tweeden.Tweeden was sleeping unaware of the future politician looming over her on a C-17 cargo plane after leaving Afghanistan.
“I know this photo looks bad, but remember, it also is bad,” Jost said during the latest episode Saturday night.
Jost said it was impossible to defend Franken for not knowing any better during the crude mid-flight stunt.
“This was taken before Franken ran for public office, but it was also taken after he was a sophomore in high school,” he added.
Tweeden came forward with her allegations against Franken on Thursday, adding his name to growing list of high-profile men facing sexual misconduct allegations. She also claimed Franken forcibly kissed her as the two rehearsed a USO sketch for troops in the Middle East.
“You knew exactly what you were doing,” Tweeden said in a Thursday blog post of Franken.
The allegations took place more than a decade after Franken’s 10-year stint as a SNL cast member and two years before he…
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