The Hollywood Reporter tweeted out an article Friday after Saturday Night Live named Bowen Yang as the shows first Chinese-American cast member. The only issue was that the photo they posted was of a different Asian comedian , Joel Kim Booster.
In the since-deleted tweet , the magazine invited people to get to know SNL s newest cast member and tagged Yang, who is an SNL writer and the son of Chinese immigrants. But the picture beneath it showed Booster, who is a comedian starring in NBCs new show Sunnyside and who was born in South Korea and raised in the U.S.
The Hollywood Reporter later posted a new tweet with a correct photo of Yang. (The article, which was published June 20, included photos of both Yang and Booster from a joint interview.) The magazine then apologized, saying the previous tweet was a mistake and contained an incorrect image due to a photo error.
But people on Twitter were quick to catch the mistake and call it out:
God DAMN IT. Thats @ihatejoelkim not @bowenyang. This is worse than the Shane thing. https://t.co/NPoGxUdpRH
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Thats @ihatejoelkim not @bowenyang . This is worse than the Shane thing. https://t.co/NPoGxUdpRH
Ronny Chieng (@ronnychieng) September 14, 2019
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Jesus CHRIST what the hell is going on this week??????? pic.twitter.com/5wClUSD1Ri
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It got deleted, but screenshot.@BOWENYANG DID NOT MAKE AWARD WORTHY LIP SYNC VIDEOS FOR THIS TREATMENT.
Thats @ihatejoelkim, FYI. He stars in NBCs new show Sunnyside coming out later this month.@angryasianman @its_willyu @originalspin #RepresentationMatters WOW. pic.twitter.com/wkdRzgUdFZ
It got deleted, but screenshot.@BOWENYANG DID NOT MAKE AWARD WORTHY LIP SYNC VIDEOS FOR THIS TREATMENT.
Cailin (@cailintweets) September 13, 2019
Thats @ihatejoelkim , FYI. He stars in NBCs new show Sunnyside coming out later this month.@angryasianman @its_willyu @originalspin #RepresentationMatters WOW. pic.twitter.com/wkdRzgUdFZ
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Thursdays announcement of Yangs historic casting hes only the third Asian cast member in SNL history and one of only a handful of LGBTQ stars was quickly overshadowed by controversy surrounding another new cast member, Shane Gillis. A resurfaced video from 2018 showed Gillis, who is white, making anti-Asian jokes and using a slur.
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Late Thursday, Gillis issued a weak apology to anyone whos actually offended by anything Ive said.
SNL, which has been around for 45 seasons and has repeatedly struggled with issues of diversity and inclusion, has yet to comment on Gillis racist video.
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