Rob Schneider Remembers Sinéad O’Connor, Defends Catholicism
Actor and comedian Rob Schneider remembered singer Sinéad O’Connor after her recent passing. The controversial singer’s past also led Schneider to write a post describing a little Irish history and defending Catholicism…
Actor and comedian Rob Schneider remembered singer Sinéad O’Connor after her recent passing.
The controversial singer’s past also led Schneider to write a post describing a little Irish history and defending Catholicism Thursday.
Schneider was a cast member for Saturday Night Live (SNL) when O’Connor ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II after her performance on SNL in 1991. He looked back and said, “I remember the night @SineadOConnor ripped up a picture of the Pope when I was on SNL.”
He described how the audience changed after the infamous incident, noting that, “the rest of the night was eerily quiet.”
But he also described how he perceived O’Connor when meeting her after the show.
He said, “she was gentle and lovely and didn’t seem to have a worry about anything.”
“All these years later you realize that fame and all that it comes with is very destructive to gentle souls,” he added.
Schneider soon after shared a post discussing Catholicism due to the responses O’Connor’s passing and her history brought up.
He summarized recent Irish history, “That small complex island that has given so much to world literature and culture yet suffered and were treated so horribly by the Protestant Aristocracy.”