Lorne Michaels comments on the
Sinéad O'Connor incident where she rips a picture of
Pope John Paul II. 'There was a part of me that just admired the bravery of what she'd done. And also the absolute sincerity of it.' And yet the following week host
Joe Pesci had the photo taped back together and said during the opening monologue 'There was an incident on the show last week.
Sinéad O'Connor tore up a picture of the Pope. And I thought that was wrong. So I asked somebody to paste it back together.' He then holds up the reconstructed picture and the audience applauded.. 'I think that's a lot better, thank you.' He goes on to say 'but I'll tell you one thing she's very lucky it wasn't my show. 'Cause if it was my show I woulda gave her such a smack!' Again the audience laughed and applauded wildly 'I woulda grabbed her by her ... eyebrows'.
