Shane Gillis Hosts SNL -- 5 Years After Being FIRED From The Show!
perezhilton.comShane Gillis is BACK on Saturday Night Live… But he doesn’t want you looking into his history with the show!
On Saturday, the stand-up comedian took the Studio 8H stage to host the famed sketch comedy show — but couldn’t do it without addressing his inneresting past… In his opening monologue, the 36-year-old admitted he was “fired from the show a while ago,” but implored fans to not look into it: Related: Amy Schumer Says Negative Comments About Her ‘Puffer’ Face Led To Cushing Syndrome Diagnosis! He joked: If you didn’t know, Shane was hired as a cast member for season 45 of the show.
However, before it premiered, unsavory clips of him making racist, homophobic, and misogynistic jokes surfaced and he was let go.
At the time, longtime SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels addressed the situation: Shane, himself, also addressed his firing at the time: With that context in mind, he still chose to make some eyebrow-raising jokes — some about all little boys being their mom’s “gay best friend” until a certain time in their lives, and controversially used the R-slur while making a joke about his niece who has Down’s syndrome.
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