Emmy Award winner Woody Harrelson's father was a contract killer who eventually died in prison. Harrelson overcame early struggles to find success in Hollywood and is a happily married family man.
Actor Woody Harrelson appeared to make a surprise joke about coronavirus vaccines while he delivered his opening monologue hosting NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
After joking about his frequent use of marijuana, conflicting political views as a"redneck hippie" and division in America, Harrelson closed out his monologue by recounting a movie pitch he allegedly read in 2019 that he called the"craziest" he’s ever heard. At the end of the show, Harrelson, who hosted for the fifth time on Saturday, was inducted into"SNL"s Five-Timers Club. The club consists of celebrities who have hosted"SNL" five or more times and its membership includes Tom Hanks,Harrelson sparked backlash online when he hosted"SNL" on Saturday after making a joke about COVID-19 vaccines in his opening monologue. It was the actor's fifth time hosting the show.
Scarlett Johansson made a surprise appearance to present Harrelson with his Five-Timers smoking jacket. Meyers then asked Harrelson about his West Hollywood weed dispensary, The Woods, and pulled out a copy of a Los Angeles billboard ad for the store that featured a photo of Harrelson as a young man. He was pictured shirtless and wearing a pair of red swim trunks.
"I used to go to church," he added."Someone sent that to The Woods, and we were like, ‘Let's just use this.'" -winner's religious upbringing, his relationship with his convicted contract killer father, his rise to fame with"Cheers" and continued career success, as well as his family life and his new movie,"Champions."household. In a 2012 interview with GQ, he opened up about his family's faith:"I was very religious growing up," he said."My mom still is. We went to church all the time, went to Bible study; we even did Bible study at my house.
"I started to see how manmade the Bible was, and then I started saying, ‘I could put this whole thing on hold for a while.’""I said, 'Let's just put this whole idea on hold, so I can have 20s and 30s of extreme hedonism,'" he added with a laugh.
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