Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor sparked global outrage in 1992 when she, without informing the “Saturday Night Live” producers or her publicist, delivered her searing political message against the Catholic Church.
The mood was somber when O’Connor took the stage for “Saturday Night Live” on Oct. 3, 1992. In a white lace dress, with white candles twinkling near her, she delivered a heartfelt rendition of Bob Marley’s song “War” — an ode against racism and classism — by replacing some of the lyrics to call out child abuse.
“Sinéad O’Connor survived an extremely difficult childhood,” McCabe said, referring to O’Connor’s fraught, physically abusive relationship with her mother. The photo that O’Connor tore onstage was actually a memento that belonged to her mother, from the pope’s 1979 visit to Ireland. “She realized at that point she was at the height of her platform, the height of her ability to be heard,” McCabe said. “She was going to be on live television. And so I think she saw her moment, and she took it.”The demonstration wasn’t meant to be an attack on the faith or the man himself, McCabe said, but as O’Connor explained in subsequent interviews, a criticism of “lies, liars and abuse.”
O’Connor’s massive platform also drew massive criticism. “Everyone’s watching SNL by the millions,” McCabe said. In the fast-paced social media of today, the public bounces from one controversy to the next,O’Connor’s move dominated the public conversation for weeks, and arguably, for the remainder of her career.
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