Vanity Fair Edits SNL Video After Fineman Anecdote Backlash

A Vanity Fair video featuring Saturday Night Live cast members, including Chloe Fineman, has sparked widespread online discussion after Fineman recounted an incident from her teenage years as a camp counselor, prompting the magazine to edit the clip following public criticism.

The segment, part of Vanity Fair's game show series titled "SNL Cast Test How Well They Know Each Other," aired in early April 2026 and included Fineman alongside colleagues Mikey Day, Sarah Sherman, Ashley Padilla, Jane Wickline, and James Austin Johnson. During a round where participants guessed jobs from which Fineman had been fired, she revealed that at age 16, she lost her position as a camp counselor after pulling down the pants of a six-year-old boy during a group hike. Fineman described the action as retaliation for the boy repeatedly lifting her shirt during hugs, adding that he had asked for embraces in a way she found inappropriate. "It was a different time," she said in the original version, noting that she was later rehired for the role.

In the unedited clip, Fineman specified that the boy was not wearing underwear, resulting in his exposure, which she referred to as his "little dingaling"...