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'SNL' Goes After 'Well-Dressed Skin Tag' Weinstein, Stages Pence Walkouts

Slammed for last week's silence on Weinstein, the show ripped into sex abuse allegations against the producer. Elsewhere, Kate McKinnon revived Kellyanne Conway as an eerie Pennywise from It.
In an It spoof, Kate McKinnon returns as Kellyanne Conway-turned-Pennywise, this time haunting Anderson Cooper to get some airtime. / NBC / Getty Images

After the show's silence on the Harvey Weinstein allegations last week, the pressure was on for Saturday Night Live to tackle Hollywood's sexual assault problem.

People on social media quickly criticized the comedy staple for not addressing the glaring news in its earlier episode, after the ' bombshell report dropped the . Many construed the void as a continuation of a pattern within the entertainment industry of protecting its Harvey Weinsteins and the Bill Cosbys. In a reporter. But this Saturday, the show devoted ample time to the topic.

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