O'Connor sang an a cappella version of Bob Marley's "War", which she intended as a protest against sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church, referring to child abuse rather than racism. O'Connor then presented a photo of Pope John Paul II to the camera while singing the word "evil", then tears the photo into pieces, saying "Fight the real enemy", and threw the pieces towards the camera, causing the audience to be silent. Saturday Night Live had no foreknowledge of O'Connor's plan during the dress rehearsal she held up a photo of a refugee child.
The audience was completely silent, with no booing or applause. Executive producer Lorne Michaels recalled that "the air went out the studio. NBC did not edit the performance out of the West coast tape-delayed broadcast that night, but reruns of the episode use footage from the dress rehearsal.
In a issue of The Irish Times, O'Connor wrote a public letter where she asked people to "stop hurting" her. The stunt was also subject to further parodies and ridicules, such as when Madonna was the guest singer in , she repeated the stunt, using the same words but tearing up a picture of Joseph Buttafuoco. Director Dave Wilson made the snap decision to leave the applause signs off; the audience was completely silent, with no booing or applause, and Michaels recalled that "the air went out the studio.
Michaels described the incident as "on a certain level, a betrayal," but also "a serious expression of belief. As part of SNL's apology to the audience, during his opening monologue the following week, host Joe Pesci held up the photo, explaining that he had taped it back together.
He then tore up another photo - of O'Connor herself - to huge applause. Pesci made some remarks which were in-between jokes and seriousness such as "Pope John Paul II forgave the man who shot him, I am sure he is not bothered by this", as well "If she defaced any images of Italian popes, watch out!
NBC did not edit the performance out of the West coast tape-delayed broadcast that night, but reruns of the episode use footage from the dress rehearsal. In a issue of The Irish Times , O'Connor wrote a public letter where she asked people to "stop hurting" her. The stunt was also subject to further parodies and ridicules, such as when Madonna was the guest singer in , she repeated the stunt, using the same words but tearing up a picture of Joseph Buttafuoco.
As the hoopla had died down by that point, Madonna's stunt received little outrage. Arsenio Hall parodied the stunt on his talk show by having a look-alike of the Pope on set, who tore up a photo of Sinead O'Connor. These days, people are calling on "Saturday Night Live" to issue a formal apology to O'Connor for how she was treated, both by the show and by the media. Sinead O'Connor recently admitted that she doesn't regret anything about her performance on "Saturday Night Live.
O'Connor also says she believes the media tore into her because she didn't behave the way they expected her to. It seems to me that being a pop star is almost like being in a type of prison.
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