Fred Armisen As Obama
From 2008 until 2012, during Obama’s first term as president, Fred Armisen would impersonate him on SNL. A lot of people took issue with the fact that Armisen’s skin was darkened in order to play the role.
Louis CK
Comedian Louis CK started out his career as a comedy writer in the 1990’s, writing for Conan O’Brien, Dana Carvey, David Letterman, Chris Rock, and of course, for Saturday Night Live. When he hosted in 2015, he made a joke about child molestation that did no go over very well and was quite controversial. He later faced more criticism for sexual misconduct.