Article from Reason by Robby Soave.
Last week, Saturday Night Live announced that comedian Shane Gillis would be joining the cast. On Monday, the show reversed its decision.
“After talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided that he will not be joining ‘S.N.L.,'” an NBC spokesperson said in a statement.
What happened? Twitter. Last Thursday, a journalist unearthed video footage of Gillis making offensive comments about Asian people during a comedy podcast. He also used homophobic language. In response, many on social media called for him to be fired.
Gillis offered a partial apology that was also a partial defense of his statements.
— Shane Gillis (@Shanemgillis) September 13, 2019
Read the entire article at Reason.
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Just as we knew all along, SNL is just a bunch of whimpering, sniveling little ice cubes. And SNL isn’t funny!
Next thing they will be checking Kindergarten records for a person’s behavior at age 5 This is beyond insane.
one cannot have a true sense of humour
AND
be “woke” at the same time
that being said, contriving “comedy” the way SNL thinks it does is just that, contrived
it’s not going to be all that funny, humorous or a delight to listen to
I am glad they won’t be using him. There is no need for offensive language.
I fully agree, but they still employ Alex Baldwin who is from what I know, a wife beater and talks to his daughter like she’s a dog. What a disgusting show.
SNL is getting really PC. Is this the same outfit that employs that POS Alex Baldwin ? What a bunch of phony hypocrites.
Haven’t watched SNL in years…since it became a left wing political hit squad. If you want to see real comedy on that show you need to go back a decade or so and find some You Tube videos.
Of all of the offensive acts from SNL – this one gets the boot?
I am offended you consider yourselves comedy.