'SNL': Twitter slams Michael Che's 'bad' Steve Irwin joke on 'Weekend Update'

A joke about Steve Irwin's death is rubbing some viewers the wrong way.

During the "Weekend Update" segment on "Saturday Night Live," hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che discussed the ongoing spread of coronavirus. But Che opted not to make light of the deadly virus.

"I don’t want to make jokes about this coronavirus and not because it’s too sad," Che said. "It’s because I don’t know that I don’t have it yet, and if I do have it, the internet is going to play this clip of me making fun of it over and over again."

Instead, Che poked fun at Irwin's death: "Imagine if there was a video of the Crocodile Hunter making fun of stingrays."

Irwin, the wildlife expert who would have celebrated his 58th birthday last week, died after a stingray attacked him while working on the underwater film "Ocean’s Deadliest" in Australia in 2006.

"I mean, what if this is it?" Che said while slightly breaking character. "This is not how I want to be remembered."

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The audience let out a collective groan following the joke and some viewers at home took to Twitter to voice their disapproval.

"That Steve Irwin "joke" was just ... so bad," @katiel_carter tweeted. User @nessa_marks added: "NO, it’s still too early for Steve Irwin jokes!"

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 'SNL': Michael Che's 'bad' Steve Irwin joke get slammed on Twitter