Shane Gillis Addresses Controversy from SNL
The comedian faced backlash after previously being dismissed from the show in 2019 for resurfaced podcast clips containing racist and homophobic comments.
Shane Gillis has expressed regret for using a profanity during his recent appearance on Saturday Night Live but has not apologized for his highly criticized remarks regarding women, which have been deemed ‘misogynistic’.
During the episode that aired on October 10, the 38-year-old comedian unintentionally used an expletive while participating in a Dr. Seuss sketch. In this skit, Gillis portrayed an overprotective son attempting to prevent Sam-I-Am, played by Andrew Dismukes, from pressuring his father, the Lorax, played by Mikey Day, to try green eggs and ham.
“Bro, it’s a non-starter,” Gillis remarked to Dismukes. “He said he doesn’t f***ing — jeez — like ’em.”
In a humorous twist, Day later incorporated the slip into the sketch, stating, “You’re a loser and you said a bad word!”
“Yes, I did,” Gillis acknowledged, admitting to the error.
Following the show, NBC edited the profanity from online clips. Gillis took the opportunity to apologize to the audience as he concluded the show, saying, “Sorry about earlier,” while bidding farewell with musical guest RosalÃa.
Despite this apology, criticism has erupted on social media due to Gillis’s use of a misogynistic term to describe women wearing shorts at the gym, for which he has yet to issue a public apology.
In his ‘joke’, he stated, “I’m sorry, there’s no other way to describe— have you seen it? I’ve seen it. The shorts? Have you seen the shorts? Those neon — they’re like artificial bait colours. The wrinkles go around the cheeks, and all combine at the butthole. And don’t look, you’re not allowed to look — for real, don’t look because they are filming. I’m in the background of like 10 TikToks right now.”
Many viewers, including Dan Levy from Schitt’s Creek, voiced their disapproval of Gillis’s comments. Levy noted on Instagram, “Women wearing short shorts at the gym does not make them [expletive]. It makes the men… misogynists. There’s a difference there. By the way, I’ve seen more men’s nipples at the gym than I’ve ever seen women showing their bodies off. But I’m speechless that something like that can exist on live national television. And to be perfectly honest, more men need to be standing up in opposition to it because it’s complacency that has created the environment in which women are sexually assaulted and it’s a ‘conversation’ as opposed to a ‘crime.'”
HT/Tyla
