'SNL' writer suspended after writing controversial joke about Barron Trump by Nellie Andreeva on Jan 23, 2017, 4:09 PM  Katie Rich, writer for "Saturday Night Live's" "Weekend Update," who sparked a backlash with a tweet targeting President Donald Trump's 10-year-old son Barron, is no longer working on NBC's veteran late-night sketch comedy show. In an ill-conceived joke, she wrote on Friday, the day of Donald Trump's inauguration attended by the little boy, that "Barron will be this country's first homeschool shooter."
She deleted the tweet hours later but the controversy was already swirling and did not subside over the weekend, with many demanding an apology and calling on NBC for the writer's dismissal. "SNL" has not commented on the issue but a person familiar the situation tells Deadline that Rich was suspended from the show immediately after her tweet and the suspension is indefinite. She was not listed in the credits for the episode that aired on Saturday. Meanwhile, Rich, who had made her Twitter account private after the incident, just tweeted a public apology. She had been writing for "SNL" since December 2013, working exclusively on the "Weekend Update" newscast. SEE ALSO: Controversial commentator Stacey Dash is out at Fox News DON'T MISS: People are calling Aziz Ansari's response to President Trump on 'SNL' 'perfect'
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