'Champions' star Woody Harrelson: SNL monologue controversy caps storied personal journey
02.03.2023 - 13:09
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Woody Harrelson made a rare red carpet appearance with his family at the premiere of his new movie, "Champions," in New York City. The 61-year-old actor was joined by his wife, Laura Louie, 55, and their daughters, Deni, 30, and Makani, 16, as he attended the event at the AMC Lincoln Square Theater on Monday night.The pair, who have been married since 2008, also share daughter Zoe, 26.
The "Triangle of Sadness" star tends to keep his family life out of the spotlight and has only made a handful of red carpet appearances with his wife and daughters in the past. For this outing, Harrelson was all smiles, with the foursome all beaming and posing for the cameras. Harrelson's family night comes after he made waves with the controversial "Saturday Night Live" monologue that he delivered while hosting the NBC comedy sketch series last weekend.
The Texas native sparked backlash online when he appeared to poke fun at COVID-19 vaccines during his opening monologue. After joking about his frequent use of marijuana, conflicting political views as a "redneck hippie" and division in America, Harrelson closed out his monologue by recounting a movie pitch he allegedly read in 2019 that he called the "craziest" he’s ever heard. "So the movie goes like this: 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 cartel’s drugs and keep taking them over and over," Harrelson said. "I threw the script away. I mean, who was going to believe that crazy idea? Being forced to do drugs? I do that voluntarily all day." At the end of the show, Harrelson, who hosted for the fifth time on
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