Dana Carvey Apologizes to Sharon Stone for ‘Offensive’ 1992 SNL Skit: ‘We Would Literally Be Arrested Now’

Saturday night live alum Dana Carvey apologizes to Sharon Stone for “offensive” skit when she hosted the show in 1992.

During the performance at Fly on the wall with Dan Carvey and David Spade podcast, Stone, 66, and Carvey, 68, reflected on their time on the sketch comedy show, which followed her cult classic film, Basic instinct.

Reviewing the skits she’s been in, Carvey called Stone “such a good sport” and admitted that if the comedy aired today, “we’d literally be busted right now.”

Dana Carvey and Sharon Stone on ‘Saturday Night Live’.

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The comedian referred to a particular skit called “Airport Security Skit” in which Carvey took on the role of an Indian security guard. He and a group of male officers instructed Stone to remove parts of his clothing in case he was carrying dangerous items.

Admitting the skit was “so offensive”, Carvey took the moment to apologize for his role in the scene.

“I want to publicly apologize for the security check sketch where I played an Indian and we convince Sharon, her character or whatever, to take off her clothes to go through security,” he said, adding: “That’s 1992, you know, that is from another era.”

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Despite the implications, Stone revealed that she was not bothered by the sketch and agreed that the idea originated in a different time.

“I know the difference between a misdemeanor and a felony,” she explained. “And I think we all committed fouls [back then] because then we didn’t think anything was wrong. We didn’t have that feeling. I’ve had a lot bigger problems than that, you know what I mean? That was funny to me, I didn’t care. It felt good to be the subject of a joke.”

“When I was doing the Indian character … there was no malice in it,” Carvey replied. “Actually, I was rhythmically trying to make people laugh. Well, I just want to say that it’s watchable — a comedy needs an honest person, and you were perfect in it. You were completely honest and made us laugh.”

Elsewhere in her appearance, Stone also recalled the terrifying moment before her opening monologue when six protesters rushed the stage just before the show was to go live. Although they were later arrested, the actress admitted her credit Saturday night live mogul Lorne Michaels, who “personally saved my life” after protesters threatened her life.

Sharon Stone and Lorne Michaels.

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“The security that’s always there froze because they’d never seen anything like that happen,” she said. “Lorne started screaming [at security], ‘What are you doing? Are you watching a fucking show?’ And Lorne started beating them up and pulling those people off the stage.”

“And the stage manager looked at me and said, ‘Wait five,’ and I thought he meant five minutes and he meant five seconds. So all these people were beaten and handcuffed right in front of me as we went live ,” she continued. “If you think the monologue is scary at first, try doing it while people are saying they’re going to kill you and handcuffing them while you’re giving the monologue.”

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