SNL 50: Lorne Michaels on Shane Gillis Controversy, "Overreaction"
WEB1 day ago · SNL EP/Creator Lorne Michaels addressed the Shane Gillis controversy and what he felt was an "overreaction" to Gillis' comments. Published Fri, 20 Sep 2024 20:07:08 -0500 by Ray Flook
Lorne Michaels Calls Shane Gillis ‘SNL’ Casting Backlash an ...
WEB1 day ago · Lorne Michaels has no regrets about hiring controversial comedian Shane Gillis — or bringing him back to host Saturday Night Live after he was fired for resurfaced racist and homophobic jokes ...
Bowen Yang Recalls Phone Call With Shane Gillis Before Gillis' …
WEB4 days ago · Bowen Yang has shared tidbits from a phone exchange he said he had with Shane Gillis before the latter was fired from “ Saturday Night Live.”. Yang and Gillis were both hired onto the comedy show’s cast in 2019. Yang, who had spent a year as a writer for the show, was its first Chinese American cast member and its third out gay man.
Bowen Yang Reveals What Shane Gillis Told Him Before ‘SNL’ Firing
WEB6 days ago · Bowen Yang is pulling back the curtain on comedian Shane Gillis’ hiring and subsequent firing from Saturday Night Live in 2019.. Yang spoke about the situation in a profile in The New Yorker ...
Lorne Michaels maintains Shane Gillis would've been good on SNL
WEB2 days ago · Nevertheless, Michaels invited him back to host in February 2024, and in his opinion “we saw, ‘Oh right, he’s really talented, and he would’ve been really good for us.'” (The A.V. Club ...
Shane Gillis was fired from ‘SNL’ for racist and homophobic jokes.
WEBStand-up comedian Shane Gillis, who was fired as a cast member of “Saturday Night Live” in 2019 before his debut for making racist remarks, will host the show on Feb. 24, the show announced...
Shane Gillis Is Hosting SNL. It’s a Controversial Choice - Rolling Stone
WEBFeb 11, 2024 · Netflix released his second comedy special, Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs, in September 2023. And now, he’s hosting the Feb. 24 episode of Saturday Night Live, along with musical guest — and ...
What Shane Gillis Proved on SNL - The Atlantic
WEBFeb 26, 2024 · The comedian Shane Gillis is fond of joking about all of the things he knows he looks like: a high-school football coach; a possible parking-lot rapist; a police-brutality skeptic, someone who...
Shane Gillis to Host ‘S.N.L.’ After Being Dropped in 2019. Here’s …
WEBFeb 23, 2024 · Shane Gillis Bounced Back From ‘S.N.L.’ Debacle. On Saturday, He’ll Host. The comedian was abruptly fired in 2019, just after being named to the cast, when offensive comments he’d made ...
Shane Gillis’s SNL hosting gig is an unearned rehabilitation - Vox
WEBFeb 23, 2024 · Shane Gillis’s SNL hosting gig is an unearned rehabilitation. It proves how effortlessly the comedy industry forgives racism.