{"id":513581,"date":"2026-04-05T03:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/513581\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T03:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:19:17","slug":"snl-uk-takes-on-the-traitors-with-riz-ahmed-sketch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/513581\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;SNL UK&#8217; Takes On &#8216;The Traitors&#8217; With Riz Ahmed Sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSaturday Night Live UK is faithful to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-traitors\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-traitors\" data-tag=\"the-traitors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Traitors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/riz-ahmed\/\" id=\"auto-tag_riz-ahmed\" data-tag=\"riz-ahmed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Riz Ahmed<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/snl-uk\/\" id=\"auto-tag_snl-uk\" data-tag=\"snl-uk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SNL UK<\/a> sent up the biggest series on British television with a sketch confronting claims that The Traitors contestants display unconscious racial bias by voting out people of color.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSide-stepping copyright concerns, SNL\u2018s sketch showed contestants trying to root out a \u201cgreat big crab man\u201d in their ranks, at a round table featuring George Fouracres in a great big crab costume.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tExcept none of the contestants could see the crustacean, as they deliberated under the watchful eye of Celeste Dring\u2019s dark-fringed Claudia Winkleman. Instead, they focused their suspicion on Ahmed\u2019s character. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019d like to start,\u201d piped up one contestant at the round table. \u201cThis experience has been amazing, but at the end of the day, we need to find the great big crab man. But there\u2019s someone here I just don\u2019t trust, and that person is yourself, Imran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAhmed\u2019s Imran chimed in: \u201cOkay, I\u2019m just gonna come out and say: Why is nobody looking at Sebastian?\u201d Cut to a red-faced Fouracres. Imran\u2019s protestations were not enough, and he was voted off by his fellow contestants \u2014 all of whom proceeded to spell his name wrong on their chalkboards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDelivering his valedictory speech, Imran said: \u201cI\u2019ve had an amazing time. It\u2019s been an incredible journey, and I\u2019ve made friends for life, but there\u2019s something weighing on my heart that I\u2019ve got to come out and say: I\u2019m obviously not a great big crab man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe sketch was a clear comment on the suspicion that people of color encounter unconscious bias on The Traitors, with a number of Black contestants leaving in early rounds. \u201cBlack people are treated differently, and examples of this on reality TV are constant,\u201d Athena Kugblenu wrote in The Guardian of The Traitors earlier this year. \u201cWe\u2019re not very \u2018woke\u2019 if we\u2019re still surprised when Black people are kicked out of reality TV shows first.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday Night Live UK is faithful to The Traitors. 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