Lorne Michaels Was Stunned Shane Gillis' “Saturday Night Live” Hiring Sparked 'Overreaction' as Controversial Remarks Resurfaced
Gillis was hired as a featured player in 2019 and fired days later after videos resurfaced of him making racial slurs on his ...
Lorne Michaels Calls Shane Gillis ‘SNL’ Casting Backlash an ‘Overreaction’: ‘He’s Really Funny’
Lorne Michaels has no regrets about hiring controversial comedian Shane Gillis — or bringing him back to host Saturday Night ...
Lorne Michaels maintains that Shane Gillis would have been good for Saturday Night Live
Asked if he’s more concerned about being politically correct now than when the show started in 1975, Michaels reflected on ...
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Lorne Michaels Calls Shane Gillis 'SNL' Casting Backlash an 'Overreaction'
Lorne Michaels has no regrets about hiring controversial comedian Shane Gillis - or bringing him back to host Saturday Night ...
Lorne Michaels reflects on Shane Gillis “SNL” casting backlash: 'The overreaction to it was so stunning'
"When he came back to the show last year [to host], we saw, 'Oh right, he’s really talented, and he would’ve been really good ...
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SNL 50: Lorne Michaels on Shane Gillis Controversy, "Overreaction"
SNL EP/Creator Lorne Michaels addressed the Shane Gillis controversy and what he felt was an "overreaction" to Gillis' ...
Bowen Yang didn't want to get pigeonholed as Saturday Night Live's "woke scold"
Through no fault of his own, Bowen Yang became a lightning rod for comedy discourse from the moment he was hired at Saturday ...
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SNL star Bowen Yang recalls apologetic phone call with fired cast member Shane Gillis
Saturday Night Live breakout Bowen Yang looked back on the fervor surrounding the firing of Shane Gillis, sharing that the ...
SNL Star Bowen Yang Recalls Shane Gillis’ Apologetic Phone Call Before He Got Fired
SNL star Bowen Yang is ready to move past the infamous controversy between him and former co-star Shane Gillis that erupted ...
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Bud Light smartly tapped Shane Gillis for ads — the latest brand doing post-DEI damage control
After being hired and quickly fired by “Saturday Night Live” in 2019, Shane Gillis was tapped to host it this past February. Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images It’s also poignant that Gillis ...