VIDEO: ‘SNL’ skit on ISIS draws laughs, controversy

WASHINGTON — “Saturday Night Live” recently celebrated its 40th anniversary.

But now that the show is back to its regularly scheduled program, it’s stirring up controversy.

On February 28th, “SNL” aired a fake ad starring Dakota Johnson (“Fifty Shades of Grey”) as a young girl who says goodbye to her father (Taran Killam) in a car that appears bound for college.

Turns out, she’s actually leaving home to join ISIS.

The skit instantly sparked a firestorm on Twitter.

Watch the video below and see for yourself:

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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