Mary Sanchez: Sinead O’Connor’s inspirational act of challenging a pope
The stunt that got the late Sinead O’Connor banned from Saturday Night Live was a stellar performance, one of her best. Many still remember her for destroying a photo of Pope John Paul II on set in 1992. SNL executives thought her actions were egregious, unfitting for even the famously bawdy antics of the show. SNL was wrong. O’Connor was right. What offended them so? Let’s be honest, they ...
by Mary Sanchez, Tribune Content Agency
Jul 27, 2023
3 minutes
The stunt that got the late Sinead O’Connor banned from Saturday Night Live was a stellar performance, one of her best.
Many still remember her for destroying a photo of Pope John Paul II on set in 1992.
SNL executives thought her actions were egregious, unfitting for even the famously bawdy antics of the show. SNL was wrong.
O’Connor was right.
What offended them so? Let’s be honest, they were acutely aware that revenue would be pulled by advertisers if
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