Joe Pesci’s SNL rant against Sinead O’Connor tearing up Pope picture resurfaces

Joe Pesci’s SNL rant against Sinead O’Connor tearing up Pope picture resurfaces

Joe Pesci’s Saturday Night Live rant against Sinead O’Connor tearing up a picture of the Pope has resurfaced following her death. Hosting the US sketch show on 10 October 1992, the actor said he “would have given her such a smack” if he was performing on the same episode. Pesci made the comments one week after O’Connor ripped up an image of Pope John Paul II as a form of protest against the sexual abuse of children by the Catholic Church. “She w…