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Published 03 Mar, 2015 12:05pm

Not funny: Dakota Johnson ISIS skit causes uproar

Screengrab from the spoof shows Dakota Johnson with an ISIS recruiter on Saturday Night Live.

An invitation to appear on Saturday Night Live is seen as a pretty big deal — but Dakota Johnson may have blown her chance to prove she has comedic chops.

On the comedy show, Johnson starred in a skit that had her act out the part of a young girl ready to join ISIS.

In the skit, when questioned by her father (played by another SNL actor, Taran Killam) Johnson says: "It's just Isis, dad." The father later tells an IS recruiter to take care of his daughter, to which the IS member replies: "Death to America."

The skit came at the heels of news that three British schoolgirls had run away to join ISIS.

As for Johnson, attacks poured in:

But as of Tuesday morning, an equal number of people seemed to be defending Johnson:

Either way, the 50 Shades star got lots of attention, and in Hollywood that's seldom a bad thing.

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