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Who is Victoria Jackson? SNL alum slammed for homophobic rant at council city meeting

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Andrew Henderson

Updated on February 17, 2026

American entertainer Victoria Jackson was hammered web-based after she conveyed a homophobic tirade during a city gathering meeting in Tennessee. On April 11, the 63-year-old character took to the platform in Franklin to share her contemplations on the committee’s proposition to hold a gay pride march.

In the video, which was transferred on the chamber’s YouTube channel, Jackson should be visible presenting herself prior to expressing that “God can’t stand homosexuality.”

“Maxims 11:12: When pride comes, then, at that point, comes shame, however with modesty comes insight. The Ruler hates all the glad for heart. Make certain of this: They won’t be tolerated. Precepts 16:18: Pride goes before obliteration, a haughty soul before a fall. Furthermore, Sodom and Gomorrah demonstrates that God despises homosexuality, and s*xual shamelessness and pride. It’s still there, and archeologists have uncovered it.”

Born on August 2, 1959, Victoria Jackson is a local of Miami, Florida. She was brought up in a moderate family. Her dad was an exercise center mentor, and she partook in tumbling from age 5 to 18.

Jackson studied at Florida Book of scriptures School and later got a vaulting grant from Furman College. According to her IMDb profile, she additionally went to Coppery College prior to starting her vocation in Hollywood.

Her excursion to Hollywood started after she met Johnny Crawford, who welcomed her to Los Angeles and put her in his club act. This went on for a considerable length of time until Johnny Carson put her demonstration – which incorporated her doing a handstand while recounting verse – on TV.

She showed up with Johnny prior to proceeding to highlight in various movies and television series, with Saturday Night Live (1986-1992) being her generally outstanding.

In 1991, she wedded her secondary school darling and moved to Florida, where her better half filled in as a police helicopter pilot. At that point, she recorded two children’s collections – Ukulele Woman and Ukulele Tunes for Itty Bitty Kiddies.

After Jackson’s better half resigned in 2012, the couple moved to Nashville with their children and grandkids, where she actually sings and performs.

A portion of her acting credits incorporate The Jeffersons, The 1/2 Hour Parody Hour, Half Nelson, The Get Craftsman, Privately-run company, In the Intensity of the Evening, Despondently Ever In the wake of, Wedding Chime Blues, The Peculiar Al Show, Contacted by a Heavenly messenger, Bouncing for Bliss, Soccer Mother, Dream Life at the Bundle of Grapes, Marriage Material, Bigfoot, UFOs and Jesus, and so on.

#OnThisDay, Oct. 11, 1986, the 12th season of #SNL began with host Sigourney Weaver and no officially credited musical guest. The first episode for Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Kevin Nealon, Dana Carvey and Victoria Jackson. The second golden age had begun.

— That Week In SNL (@ThatWeekInSNL) October 11, 2022


After Victoria Jackson’s remarks on the gay pride march circulated around the web, Twitterati was irate. A few clients hammered the entertainer for her “derisive” words and called the entire circumstance miserable. Others addressed what befell previous SNL stars and referred to her viewpoints as “unpleasant.”

On the individual front, Jackson was first hitched to entertainer Nisan Mark Eventoff from 1984 to 1990. They shared a little girl named Red. She then sealed the deal with Paul Wessel and invited a girl named Aubrey.

As of this article’s composition, Victoria Jackson has not answered the analysis looked on her new remarks.