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Aimee Lou Wood<\/a> says that she does not regret calling out Saturday Night Live<\/a> for their sketch mocking her appearance<\/a> in The White Lotus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In April, shortly after her season of The White Lotus was released, the US variety show saw comedian Sarah Sherman imitating Wood in a skit parodying the hit HBO<\/a> series.<\/p>\n

In season three, Wood plays Chelsea<\/a>, who is on a vacation in Thailand with her older boyfriend Rick, played by Walton Goggins<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The season follows a slew of guests at a luxury resort in the Southeast Asian country, with the cast also including Carrie Coon, Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb, and Patrick Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n

In her skit, Sherman wore fake teeth in imitation of Wood\u2019s much-discussed facial feature<\/a> and made a joke, in an inaccurate British accent, about not knowing the meaning of the word \u201cfluoride\u201d.<\/p>\n

Wood called out the sketch after it aired<\/a>, describing its depiction of her as \u201cmean and unfunny\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Sarah<\/p>\n

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Sarah Sherman wears fake teeth in SNL skit to imitate Aimee Lou Wood\u2019s much-discussed facial feature (NBC)<\/p>\n

In a new interview, Lou Wood said she didn\u2019t regret addressing the sketch publicly and standing up for herself. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t regret saying it because it was breaking a pattern, which is what I would usually do \u2013 what I did when I was younger and got bullied<\/a>,\u201d she told BBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a choice here to go in and be embarrassed about it and just say \u2018I didn’t like that. It was mean.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor later revealed that SNL had apologised to her for the sketch <\/a>and Sherman had sent her a bouquet of flowers<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for the beautiful flowers,\u201d she said on Instagram, posting a picture of the gift.<\/p>\n

Wood had previously made clear that she wasn\u2019t directing her ire at Sherman, saying that she was \u201cnot hating on her\u201d but instead \u201chating on the concept\u201d of the skit.<\/p>\n

Wood has talked about her distinctive teeth in the past and whether <\/a>she thinks they have affected her career. <\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I don\u2019t. It\u2019s completely in my head. It\u2019s a myth I\u2019ve told myself,\u201d she told Stylist in 2020. <\/p>\n

\u201cI had it in my brain that I\u2019m not conventional-looking enough and that\u2019s a mental barrier I\u2019ve had to overcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Aimee<\/p>\n

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Aimee Lou Wood says SNL apologised to her for sketch (HBO)<\/p>\n

Although her teeth negatively affected her confidence when auditioning for TV roles early in her career, Wood later learned that many fans felt they could relate to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean I can\u2019t believe the impact my teeth are having,\u201d Wood said on The Jonathan Ross Show earlier this year in March. <\/p>\n

\u201cBecause the Americans can\u2019t believe [my teeth], but they\u2019re all being lovely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wood said she had seen videos of orthodontists analysing her teeth and \u201cdissecting what is wrong\u201d with them. But such clips still ended with the doctors saying \u201cbut we don\u2019t think she should change a thing\u201d.<\/p>\n

She reiterated how much this praise meant to her, especially given the criticism she faced in the past for her appearance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels so lovely. A real full-circle moment after being bullied for my teeth, forever,\u201d the Sex Education alum said.<\/p>\n

However, Wood discouraged fans from trying to copy her look. \u201cI hope people don\u2019t start like filing their teeth so they have gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-193116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}