‘SNL’ Skechers Advert Spoofs Kanye West‘s Go to To Firm’s Workplaces – Deadline

A day after Adidas ended its enterprise relationship with Kanye West following his repeated antisemitic feedback, the rapper made an “unannounced” go to to a Skechers company workplace in LA on Wednesday and was escorted from the constructing.

The incident was parodied in a Saturday Evening Reside Skechers advert.

“Right here at Skechers, we delight ourselves on two issues, making fashionable, comfy footwear at an reasonably priced value and having zero tolerance for antisemitism,” a Skechers rep performed by Cecily Robust mentioned.

Added one other staffer performed by Bowen Yang, “That’s why earlier this week Kanye West confirmed up at our company workplace, asking to work with us. We mentioned ‘no’ and instantly escorted him out of the constructing.”

Whereas noting that Skechers is appalled by West’s “horrific feedback” and vows to by no means to work with him, Robust’s govt added, “However we additionally wish to level out that of all firms he might’ve approached and get rejected by, he selected Skechers.”

Mentioned Yang’s rep, “Two years in the past, are you able to think about the headline, ‘Skechers too good for Kanye?’,” later including, “What would you name a Kanye Skechers shoe anyway, a Skeezy?”

The Skechers group took pictures at different shoe firms.

“It took Adidas so many days to determine to not work with him. He walked in we had been, purchase, buh-bye, door,” Robust’s character mentioned, whereas Yang’s questioned why Crocs has been quiet on West’s feedback.

He then concluded, “I’m positive Kanye will discover a morally doubtful firm to work with as an alternative,” with the advert chopping to Michael J. Lindell (James Austin Johnson) asserting a My Pillow collaboration with West.

We’ll replace the publish with video of the skit as quickly as it’s made accessible.