NEW: 'Saturday Night Live' rescinds invitation to cast member who posted video last year in which he derided Asian people. 'SNL' apologized, saying it's vetting process 'was not up to our standard.'
"Saturday Night Live" has rescinded its invitation to a cast member who posted a video last year in which he used a racial slur for Chinese people and derided Asians trying to learn English.
In the clip of video apparently posted in 2018, Gillis refers to an unidentified city's Chinatown as being"nuts" and used a derogatory word for Chinese people. He also complained about"hearing an Asian trying to learn English." The clip of Gillis re-emerged last week just hours after NBC said that he and two others, including the show's only Asian American performer, were joining the cast as featured players.
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