An SNL spokesperson: 'We are sorry that we did not see these clips earlier, and that our vetting process was not up to our standard.' Read the full statement:
castmembers announced Thursday, can be heard using a racial slur in a since-deleted video from 2018 on a YouTube channel called "Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast."
"Chinatown’s fucking nuts," Gillis says in a segment of the video dated on Sept. 26, 2018. "Let the fucking ch---s live there." The video also shows Gillis mimicking a Chinese accent and mocking Chinese restaurants. Additional audio from a separate 2018 episode of "Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast" shows Gillis and co-host Matt McCusker ranking how funny comedians are by race and using homophobic slurs. While referencing comedians like Judd Apatow, Gillis calls them "white faggot comics" and "fucking gayer than ISIS.""I'm a comedian who pushes boundaries. I sometimes miss.
Gillis is the latest comedian to deal with backlash over past offensive comments. Trevor Noah was criticized ahead of replacing Jon Stewart on Comedy Central's
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