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Woody Harrelson, 61, and his family made a rare red carpet appearance together on Feb. 27, two nights after the actor gave a controversial opening monologue on Saturday Night Live that involved anti-COVID-19 vaccine rhetoric. Woody didnāt seem affected by the controversy at the NYC premiere of his new movie Champions, which he brought his wife Laura Louie and their daughters Deni, 30, and Makani, 16, to. Woody and his loved ones were all smiles as they posed for photos together. The Emmy Award winner looked so handsome in a dark blue suit and tie with a pair of bright blue sneakers.
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Woodyās wife of over 14 years wore a sleeveless purple gown and gold heels. The coupleās eldest daughter, Deni, wore a black-and-white button-up top, matching pants, and a red baseball cap. Last but not least, their youngest daughter, Makani, wore a black crop top with a teal pantsuit and black platform heels. Woody and Lauraās middle daughter, Zoe, 26, didnāt attend the premiere of her dadās new sports comedy movie.
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In Champions, Woody plays a disgraced G-league basketball coach who has to redeem himself by coaching a team of players with intellectual disabilities. Amidst doing press for the film, Woody got to host SNL on Feb. 25 and became a member of the āfive-timersā club of the Lorne Michaels series. But not everyone was happy about what Woody said during his opening monologue, where he made a joke about a script he read right before the COVID pandemic.
āSo, the movie goes like this,ā Woody said in his monologue. āThe biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes, and people can only come out if they take the cartelās drugs and keep taking them over and over,ā he added. After the monologue aired, Woody was criticized online for his comments about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Shortly before his SNL appearance, the New York Times published an interview with Woody where the Cheers star slammed the āabsurdā COVID protocols that are still in place on film sets. āI donāt think that anybody should have the right to demand that youāre forced to do the testing, forced to wear the mask and forced to get vaccinated three years on,ā he said.
Woody added, āLetās be done with this nonsense. Itās not fair to the crews. I donāt have to wear the mask. Why should they? Why should they have to be vaccinated? Howās that not up to the individual? The anarchist part of me, I donāt feel that we should have forced testing, forced masking and forced vaccination. Thatās not a free country. Really Iām talking about the crew. Because I can get out of wearing a mask. I can test less. Iām not in the same position theyāre in, but itās wrong. Itās three years. Stop.ā