'Saturday Night Live' has fired one of its most recent hires, Shane Gillis, just days after videos of the comedian making bigoted comments came to light
"Saturday Night Live" has fired one of its most recent hires, Shane Gillis, just days after videos of comedian making bigoted comments came to light.
"After talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided that he will not be joining 'SNL,'" an 'SNL' spokesperson on behalf of Lorne Michaels said in a statement to CNN."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.' We were not aware of his prior remarks that have surfaced over the past few days.
— Shane Gillis September 13, 2019 Many took him up on his offer, including television creator Daniel Chun, who wrote back"I was offended, Shane!," and novelist Monica Byrne, who responded"Looking forward to your offer getting revoked, dude. Wow."Read MoreGillis is just the latest example of a comedian's past comments and actions gaining new attention in the online world.
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