Colin Farrell responds to 'offensive' Saturday Night Live sketch during Oscars

The skit was heavily criticised online with many describing the joke as 'offensive'

Colin Farrell responds to 'offensive' Saturday Night Live sketch during Oscars

Colin Farrell has responded to a controversial skit on Saturday Night Live that portrayed the Irish actor and his Banshees of Inisherin co-star, Brendan Gleeson.

Airing in the US on Saturday night, the controversial sketch used what many viewers deemed 'offensive' Irish stereotypes. The 3.5-minute skit presented the pair as unintelligible with an incomprehensible accent. The punchline of the joke was that they “hadn’t even started drinking yet”.