A spokesperson said in a statement on behalf of"SNL" executive producer Lorne Michaels that the comedy sketch show would not be going forward with Gillis for Season 45. The statement apologized to viewers that the"SNL" vetting process"was not up to our standard."
"Saturday Night Live" airs on NBC, a division of NBCUniversal, which is also the parent company of NBC News. "We want SNL to have a variety of voices and points of view within the show, and we hired Shane on the strength of his talent as comedian and his impressive audition for SNL," the statement said."We were not aware of his prior remarks that have surfaced over the past few days. The language he used is offensive, hurtful and unacceptable."
Gillis said in a statement to his Twitter account Monday that he was"a comedian that was funny enough to get SNL. That can't be taken away." "Of course I wanted an opportunity to prove myself on SNL, but I understand it would be too much of a distraction," Gillis said."I respect the decision they made."
He's a comedian..
Good. Now do that parking spot Nazi Alec Baldwin.
Sure are a lot of snowflakes these fays
Whaaaat a liberal got fired 😱. 🤣
Always white people with the racism. Kick his white ass to the curb
Snowflakes win again... pathetic
Good.
Sad
Bad precedent. Offensive is often part of the comedy process. Helps confront otherwise socially impossible topics. Technology has placed a new burden on humans that keeps them from evolving or escaping the past. NBC should be sued for negligence and ruining this guy.
Remember when liberal ideas were against fundamentalism? Good times, good times.
Way to go 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
But he could have his girlfriend have an Abortion, marry a Man, and curse The Name of Jesus and STILL be loved.
cause SNL has never done any of those things
Geez!! It’s called humor!
He didn't even last one Scaramucci ... wordsmatter
Meanwhile, Ralph Northam lounges comfortably by the pool. No dropping the Gov!
nbcsnl ridiculous. Political correctness has never been something you cared about. See everything you’ve done on Trump.
Imagine a reality where leftists are the ones killing comedy.
Just watched the interview he did... yikes! He just screwed up his chance to be on SNL...No Respect for this dude
Wel well welcome to the Butt Hurt Nation...everybody's feelings get hurt
Jesus this country is so damn sensitive about anything, he’s a damn comedian FFS, just listen to Trump, he still is in office and he is much worse such a freaking joke
Come on cancel culture heroes leave the damn comedians alone geez 🤦🏾♂️
The accent was funny but you do you SNL
Uh, you know Eddie Murphy is hosting in December, right? Have you ever seen Raw? ComedyIsDead
It’s refreshing to know that businesses do have standards that they follow unlike the Trump administration
The right thing to do.
I see the Salem Witch Trials are back in force. 🙄
Stupid is...
He deserved to be fired.
Watched a few videos of his ( as l had never heard of him ) - he’s mediocre, weak ... not up there with the greats - Chappelle, Gervais,Rock, Murphy etc ... he picked on people he thought he could get away with picking on .. nothing “ risky “ as he put it - about that ..or funny
Good
im confused...IS there 'free' speech, per first ammendment in usa, or not?
He must be really funny! I’m going to start watching his stand up!
Good move SNL. You're learning well!
I watch one of the podcasts and simply put, the guy wasn’t funny. Do comedians get a long leash? Yeah, but you better be damn funny and thought provoking. What the dude said will only lead to him eating Chinese food that’s been spat in or worse.
Goodness gracious what is THIS?
I really am glad that SNL did this, not because I wish Mr Gillis any ill will but the fact that he repeatedly, as an adult, felt it was permissible to use ethnic slurs should have meaningful consequences. Hopefully he’ll learn how to be “ funny “ without them .
Must suck to be him right now
ba-da-bing tssssss
I heard that comedian, Shane Hollis, imitated an Asian accent. He lost his gig on SNL. DJT imitated Asian dialect, and nothing happened......
This is ridiculous. All comedy offends people. That is there job. You people need help. Way to sensitive. Than, every comedian should be fired than. They all have offended a group.
Hmmm....but SNL is allowing Eddie Murphy to host a show? Listen to any of his stand up work?
SNL drops new milk toast cast member for another un-funny milk toast hack. Just another day at NBC I guess. Meanwhile MADtv is still canceled.😒
The left kills everything they touch - comedians might as well give it up. Humor is being strangled by the LunaticLeft
Good Job SNL nbcsnl
And Eddie Murphy used the N* word and Faggot and he's getting multiple Netflix specials.
become a federal judge.
Good
Words have consequences, especially when it comes to your employer. Comedians aren’t special and exempt from that.
1984
Do they do this rule for their musical guests ?
So soft
Dumb decision
LGBTQ+ Rights are Human Rights.
Great decision nbcsnl!
Good! There were a bunch of other videos they scrubbed off their sites
Good.
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