Saoirse Ronan isn't having the backlash around that Aer Lingus sketch on 'SNL'

Lots of people weren’t thrilled with Saturday Night Live for capitalizing on the presence of Irish-American guest host Saoirse Ronan with a sketch about Ireland’s Aer Lingus airline.

Ronan, as it turns out, wasn’t one of them.

The sketch drew criticism for leaning on Irish stereotypes and jokes that felt to many like the show was grasping for low-hanging fruit. A social media backlash followed, because this is 2017 and nothing captures strident anger with a faceless offender quite like a Twitter timeline.

Ronan defended the sketch on Friday in an appearance on The Late Late Show, an Irish talk show on the country’s RTÉ television network. Read more…

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