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Why Shane Gillis Was Fired from ‘Saturday Evening Reside’ in 2019

Editorial Board Published May 18, 2025
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Studying Time: 3 minutes

Shane Gillis was fired from Saturday Evening Reside, after being fired 5 years in the past.

In a vacuum, this resolution by producers shouldn’t come as a shock.

Gillis is a really profitable slapstick comedian, whose particular on YouTube in 2021 has garnered over 23 million views.

Gillis additionally filmed a Netflix particular titled “Beautiful Dogs,” which cemented his place as a significant comedic expertise.

And most not too long ago, he agreed to a partnership with Bud Gentle for a stand-up tour.

Shane Gillis performs onstage in the course of the seventeenth Annual Stand Up For Heroes Profit introduced by Bob Woodruff Basis and NY Comedy Competition at David Geffen Corridor on November 6, 2023 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Pictures for Bob Woodruff Basis)

Gillis is a humorous man, and he did a strong job, however right here’s the factor:

Shane Gillis Fired From ‘Saturday Night Live’ 5 Years Earlier than Internet hosting Gig

Shane Gillis was employed to be a forged member by Saturday Evening Reside in 2019. After which he was fired a short while later.

Like, days later.

Forward of Season 45, executives reversed course on Gillis’ hiring after a clip of him utilizing an anti-Asian slur on his podcast went viral on Twitter.

Shane Gillis arrives at Guy Fieri's Flavortown Shane Gillis arrives at Man Fieri’s Flavortown Tailgate on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photograph by Ethan Miller/Getty Pictures)

On one installment of his podcast with fellow Matt McCusker, the hosts riffed about Chinatown, prompting to Gillis used the aforementioned slur whereas additionally imitating a Chinese language accent through the use of the phrase “nooders” as an alternative of noodles.

Gillis apologized and likewise stated he was “comedian who pushes boundaries” that typically misses the mark, stating he might very proceed to make jokes that some deemed to be inappropriate.

It could not have helped Shane’s trigger again then that the present had additionally simply employed Bowen Yang, its first-ever Asian-American forged member.

“We weren’t conscious of his prior remarks which have surfaced over the previous few days.

Shane Gillis attends the 17th Annual Stand Up For Heroes BenefitShane Gillis attends the seventeenth Annual Stand Up For Heroes Profit introduced by Bob Woodruff Basis and NY Comedy Competition at David Geffen Corridor on November 06, 2023 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Pictures for Bob Woodruff Basis)

“The language he used is offensive, hurtful and unacceptable.”

Not completely, although, apparently.

Shane Has Hosted ‘SNL’ Twice … And It Was All Good

Gillis has hosted SNL not as soon as however twice since he was unceremoniously faraway from the present’s roster.

And it looks like there was zero drama on set.

So we guess any beef between the comedian and the world’s most well-known sketch present is formally … lifeless from New York.

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