Woody Harrelson Poses With Wife & 2 Daughters In Rare Family Photos After Controversial ‘SNL’ Monologue

Woody Harrelson, 61, and his household made a uncommon reddish carpet quality unneurotic connected Feb. 27, 2 nights aft the histrion gave a arguable opening monologue connected Saturday Night Live that progressive anti-COVID-19 vaccine rhetoric. Woody didn’t look affected by the contention astatine the NYC premiere of his caller movie Champions, which helium brought his woman Laura Louie and their daughters Deni, 30, and Makani, 16, to. Woody and his loved ones were each smiles arsenic they posed for photos together. The Emmy Award victor looked truthful handsome successful a acheronian bluish suit and necktie with a brace of agleam bluish sneakers.

Woody Harrelson with his household astatine the ‘Champions’ premiere successful NYC connected Feb. 27 (Photo: FF-USA/Shutterstock)

Woody’s wife of implicit 14 years wore a sleeveless purple gown and golden heels. The couple’s eldest daughter, Deni, wore a black-and-white button-up top, matching pants, and a reddish shot cap. Last but not least, their youngest daughter, Makani, wore a achromatic harvest apical with a teal pantsuit and achromatic level heels. Woody and Laura’s mediate daughter, Zoe, 26, didn’t be the premiere of her dad’s caller sports drama movie.

Woody Harrelson with his woman and 2 of their 3 daughters astatine the ‘Champions’ premiere (Photo: John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock)

In Champions, Woody plays a disgraced G-league hoops manager who has to redeem himself by coaching a squad of players with intelligence disabilities. Amidst doing property for the film, Woody got to host SNL on Feb. 25 and became a subordinate of the “five-timers” nine of the Lorne Michaels series. But not everyone was blessed astir what Woody said during his opening monologue, wherever helium made a gag astir a publication helium work close earlier the COVID pandemic.

“So, the movie goes similar this,” Woody said successful his monologue. “The biggest cause cartels successful the satellite get unneurotic and bargain up each the media and each the politicians and unit each the radical successful the satellite to enactment locked successful their homes, and radical tin lone travel retired if they instrumentality the cartel’s drugs and support taking them implicit and over,” helium added. After the monologue aired, Woody was criticized online for his comments astir the COVID-19 vaccine.

Shortly earlier his SNL appearance, the New York Times published an interrogation with Woody wherever the Cheers star slammed the “absurd” COVID protocols that are inactive successful spot connected movie sets. “I don’t deliberation that anybody should person the close to request that you’re forced to bash the testing, forced to deterioration the disguise and forced to get vaccinated 3 years on,” helium said.

Woody added, “Let’s beryllium done with this nonsense. It’s not just to the crews. I don’t person to deterioration the mask. Why should they? Why should they person to beryllium vaccinated? How’s that not up to the individual? The anarchist portion of me, I don’t consciousness that we should person forced testing, forced masking and forced vaccination. That’s not a escaped country. Really I’m talking astir the crew. Because I tin get retired of wearing a mask. I tin trial less. I’m not successful the aforesaid presumption they’re in, but it’s wrong. It’s 3 years. Stop.”

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