SNL‘s old Weekend Update team of Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers reunited to take on the poor coverage of Women’s World Cup Soccer and to take down Sports Illustrated writer Andy Benoit for his dumb tweet about women’s sports in general. Benoit has since deleted the tweet and has apologized for his stupidity, but in the new “Really!?!” video Poehler and Meyers let him have it for posting something so ridiculous in the first place. Poehler also commented on SI‘s annual swimsuit edition saying she’s not surprised by Benoit’s position given the fact the magazine he writes for still puts out an annual swimsuit edition that showcases women who aren’t actually in sports – unless you count covering your breasts with one arm a sport.
Meyers and Poehler finished up the bit by reminding everyone to tune in and watch the U.S. women take on China on Fox on Friday, June 26th. Poehler added, “No more tweeting, Benoit — you’re too dumb. In fact everyone just get off Twitter.”
Watch the video:
My sincere apologies for last night’s senseless tweets. I got carried away responding to playful ribbing ….
— Andy Benoit (@Andy_Benoit) June 23, 2015
…. and, in my stupidity, overcompensated by saying something ignorant and extreme. 100% mistake on my part, for which I'm deeply sorry.
— Andy Benoit (@Andy_Benoit) June 23, 2015
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