Shane Gillis
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Posted Friday 9/20/19 at 4:56AM EDT
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks down why Shane Gillis' apology rang hollow -- a sincere apology could've kept him on SNL
"We are a civilization built on the concepts of redemption and forgiveness because we want to believe that people can...
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Posted Friday 9/20/19 at 4:56AM EDT
In defense of Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr's new comedy specials: "The risk of offensiveness has to be there"
Chappelle's much-criticized Netflix special Sticks & Stones "is using comedy to ask difficult questions about the intersections of race and...
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Posted Thursday 9/19/19 at 6:11PM EDT
Shane Gillis jokes about a "funny" Trump assassination in his first standup following his SNL firing
"I don't want you to think I'm too pro-Trump," Gillis said while performing at the Stand in New York City...
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Posted Thursday 9/19/19 at 3:54AM EDT
Kenan Thompson talks SNL: He agrees with Shane Gillis' firing, admits he'd like somebody new to play Trump
Thompson discussed Gillis, Leslie Jones' exit, his new castmates Chloe Fineman and Bowen Yang and Alec Baldwin's Trump impression in...
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Posted Thursday 9/19/19 at 3:54AM EDT
Shane Gillis receives a warm greeting in his first standup appearance since SNL fired him
Variety reports Gillis delivered an 11-minute set at the Stand comedy club in New York City on Wednesday night, with...
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Posted Thursday 9/19/19 at 3:54AM EDT
SNL doesn't have a liberal bias -- it's always been a conservative show that favors the status quo
Shane Gillis was reportedly hired as a conservative cast member to counter the belief that Saturday Night Live has a...
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SNL's Shane Gillis scandal is reminiscent of a 30 Rock episode
Variety's report that Saturday Night Live hired Gillis because it was seeking a conservative-appealing cast member reminded some 30 Rock...
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SNL reportedly hired Shane Gillis in an attempt to find a conservative-appealing cast member
In response to claims of a liberal bias, Lorne Michaels and his Saturday Night Live staff were "looking to shake...
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Posted Tuesday 9/17/19 at 2:44PM EDT
SNL's Shane Gillis hiring scandal gets an online parody
Writer-performers Jeremy Levick and Rajat Suresh filmed a parody video of Gillis saying the word "ch*nk" in a podcast.
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Posted Tuesday 9/17/19 at 9:55AM EDT
Sandra Oh applauds SNL's firing of Shane Gillis, calls his racial and homophobic slurs "LAZY ASS UNORIGINAL"
The Asian-American Killing Eve star, who hosted Saturday Night Live earlier this year, tweeted this morning in reaction to Gillis'...
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Posted Monday 9/16/19 at 9:48PM EDT
SNL cast members obliquely respond to Shane Gillis' firing
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SNL drops Shane Gillis following racial and homophobic slur controversy
"After talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided that he will not be joining SNL," said a Saturday Night Live...
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Posted Sunday 9/15/19 at 2:59AM EDT
Andrew Yang offers to meet with SNL's Shane Gillis, says he shouldn't be fired
The Democratic presidential candidate, whom Gillis reportedly called a "Jew ch*nk" in a podcast interview, tweeted to the new SNL...
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SNL's Shane Gillis repeatedly used anti-Asian slur in May, including in reference to Andrew Yang
Comedy journalist Seth Simons, who was the first to discover Gillis' use of the anti-Asian racist slur "ch*nk" in a...
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Posted Friday 9/13/19 at 4:57PM EDT
New SNL cast member Shane Gillis' racist material isn't pushing boundaries -- it's hackneyed comedy
Gillis defended himself as "a comedian who pushes boundaries" and "sometimes that requires risks" in his Twitter statement last night...