Saturday Night Live writers did enough research for their latest Weekend Update segment to make Charlotteans cringe.
During a sketch on SNL’s weekly news desk, LaVar Ball (played by Kenan Thompson) showed up to brag about his son LaMelo Ball and how well he’s playing for “the most storied franchise in all of basketball, the Charlotte Hornets!”
That’s when LaVar goes on to give Charlotte two new nicknames, one of which the chamber of commerce may want to ignore.
“Charlotte, North Carolina: The regional bacon capital of the world,” and
“Gateway to Gastonia.