It's not just Sean Spicer and the subject of the jab himself, Dan Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL candidate who became a GOP in Congress, who thinks Pete Davidson's joke crossed the line. Kenan Thompson, the cast member "Saturday Night Live" of the comedian, believes too.

Thompson, who plays a character from "The Grinch", arrested by NBC
"Today" to promote the movie animation. He was also questioned about Davidson's warning at Saturday's "Weekend Update" in which he equated the appearance of injured veteran Crenshaw to "a man-murderer in a porn movie." " Davidson followed with: "I'm sorry, I know he lost an eye to the war, or whatever."

When asked if Davidson had crossed the line "Today," Thompson replied, "It seems that is the case."

Thompson added that since his father had served in the Vietnam War, he would never "go" there, but added that "the stand-up does not give the impression that there are no real filters in the world joke or anything else, and we try to respect that.

"But at the same time," he continued, "when you miss the target, you offend people, so you need to be a little more aware, in my opinion."

Regarding Thompson, Davidson "definitely missed the goal". Thompson also believes that Davidson's remarks that followed his joke reflected humility.

"I think it's been more commenting on the fact that the joke may not have landed as hard as he wanted, instead of saying" I do not care about veterans "" , did he declare.

Thompson added words of praise to his co-star, "I think Pete is a very humble man, and he has a big heart.I do not think he wants to offend people, but they are the ones that help us laugh through the most terrible things in the first place.

"They are still fishing in strange places," he concluded, "and that was an unfortunate result."

Many have reflected Thompson's opinion on the joke on social media, like Meghan McCain, co-host of "View," daughter of the late Sen. John McCain. She called the bit "incredibly deaf."

Crenshaw reacted on Twitter by writing: "I hope @nbcsnl recognizes that veterinarians do not deserve to see their injuries used as punches for bad jokes."

He also told TMZ: "The real atrocity in all of this: it was not even funny.This was not original, it was not funny, it was just naughty . "

On Monday on "Fox & Friends," former White House press secretary Sean Spicer called for the dismissal of "SNL's" creator, Lorne Michaels.

Davidson took a similar, unapologetic approach to comedy when it comes to his personal life. The comic used the death of his father in 9/11 and his recent break with Ariana Grande as fodder.

He spoke of the joy he had in making people feel bad with his New York Times humor in 2015.

"I'm like, 'Heyyyy, I just want to talk about that, it makes everyone feel uncomfortable,' he said. "I like doing that, I like doing dark, awkward and weird things that you do not really find funny, funny."

Contribute: Cydney Henderson

More: Pete Davidson calls Ariana Grande "great and strong person" for "Saturday Night Live"

More: "Saturday Night Live" jokes about the arrest of Alec Baldwin after Trump's death

Automatic reading

Thumbnails poster

Show captions

Last slide next

Read or share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/11/05/pete-davidson-snl-backlash-kenan-thompson-dan-crenshaw-joke-saturday-night- live / 1890431002 /