{"id":78547,"date":"2024-02-25T14:33:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T14:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/25\/snl-recap-comedian-shane-gillis-shouldnt-be-up-here-after-firing\/"},"modified":"2024-02-25T14:33:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T14:33:17","slug":"snl-recap-comedian-shane-gillis-shouldnt-be-up-here-after-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/25\/snl-recap-comedian-shane-gillis-shouldnt-be-up-here-after-firing\/","title":{"rendered":"SNL Recap: Comedian Shane Gillis &#8216;Shouldn&#8217;t Be Up Here&#8217; After Firing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shane Gillis Stand-Up Monologue - SNL\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2YnonYf463s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Comedian <strong>Shane Gillis<\/strong> returned to <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/saturday-night-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saturday Night Live<\/a> <\/i>on Saturday, February 24, for the first time in nearly five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cThank you very much. Yeah, I\u2019m here,\u201d Gillis, 36, began his <i>SNL <\/i>monologue. \u201cMost of you probably have no idea who I am. I was fired from this show a while ago. Don\u2019t look that up, please. Please don\u2019t Google that. It\u2019s fine. Don\u2019t even worry about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">He continued, \u201cI probably shouldn\u2019t be up here honestly. I should be at home. I should be a high school football coach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Gillis was hired as a featured player on <i>SNL <\/i>in 2019 but was fired four days later after racist and homophobic comments from his podcast resurfaced online. <i>SNL <\/i>noted at the time that they were unaware of his \u201coffensive\u201d remarks. Gillis also released a statement but did not apologize for his comments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/saturday-night-live-controversies-through-the-years-photos\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/saturday-night-live-controversies-through-the-years-photos\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">\u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 Controversies Through the Years<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tWith live TV, unexpected twists are bound to happen! Saturday Night Live has weathered more than one scandal in its decades-long run, thanks to its format and its entire premise as a sketch comedy show. The NBC series premiered in October 1975 and has become a central source for those who hope to get a [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cI was always a <i>Mad TV<\/i> guy anyway,\u201d Gillis quipped in his 2019 statement, referring to the competing sketch comedy program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">On Saturday, Gillis brought his trademark sense of humor to the Studio 8H stage even if it wasn\u2019t camera-ready.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3530310\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.714285714286%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3530310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shane-Gillis-Addresses-Saturday-Night-Live-Firing-in-Debut-Monologue-02.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Shane Gillis Addresses \u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 Firing in Debut Monologue: \u2018I Shouldn\u2019t Be Up Here\u2019\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shane-Gillis-Addresses-Saturday-Night-Live-Firing-in-Debut-Monologue-02.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shane-Gillis-Addresses-Saturday-Night-Live-Firing-in-Debut-Monologue-02.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shane-Gillis-Addresses-Saturday-Night-Live-Firing-in-Debut-Monologue-02.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shane-Gillis-Addresses-Saturday-Night-Live-Firing-in-Debut-Monologue-02.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shane-Gillis-Addresses-Saturday-Night-Live-Firing-in-Debut-Monologue-02.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shane-Gillis-Addresses-Saturday-Night-Live-Firing-in-Debut-Monologue-02.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shane-Gillis-Addresses-Saturday-Night-Live-Firing-in-Debut-Monologue-02.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shane-Gillis-Addresses-Saturday-Night-Live-Firing-in-Debut-Monologue-02.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shane-Gillis-Addresses-Saturday-Night-Live-Firing-in-Debut-Monologue-02.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shane-Gillis-Addresses-Saturday-Night-Live-Firing-in-Debut-Monologue-02.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shane-Gillis-Addresses-Saturday-Night-Live-Firing-in-Debut-Monologue-02.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shane-Gillis-Addresses-Saturday-Night-Live-Firing-in-Debut-Monologue-02.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n 21 Savage, Shane Gillis, and Kenan Thompson during \u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 Promos in Studio 8H on February 22, 2024.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Rosalind O\u2019Connor\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cLook, I don\u2019t have any material that can be on TV, alright?\u201d he added in his monologue. \u201cI\u2019m trying my best. Also, this place is extremely well-lit. I can see everyone not enjoying it. This is the most nervous I\u2019ve ever been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Gillis\u2019 monologue featured jokes about \u201cbeing gay,\u201d his niece with Down syndrome \u2014 leading him to use the R-word \u2014 and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cI don\u2019t know if you could tell this about me, but I do have family members with Down syndrome,\u201d he said on Saturday. \u201cIt almost got me. I dodged it, but it nicked me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stars-describe-their-snl-hosting-debuts-kim-kardashian-more\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Josh-Hutcherson-Stars-Recall-SNL-Hosting-Debuts.jpg?crop=0px%2C123px%2C1331px%2C753px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Stars Recall SNL Hosting Debuts\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Josh-Hutcherson-Stars-Recall-SNL-Hosting-Debuts.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stars-describe-their-snl-hosting-debuts-kim-kardashian-more\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Stars Remember Their &#8216;SNL&#8217; Hosting Debuts<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSaturday Night Live\u2019s stage has played host to icons from Harry Styles to Betty White, and many of its celebrity guests have gushed over reaching the impressive career milestone. \u201cI can\u2019t believe I am hosting Saturday Night Live. I\u2019m not sure many of you know that I\u2019m 88 and a half years old,\u201d White, who [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p3\">Gillis then interrupted his own monologue when it became clear that his jokes weren\u2019t landing as intended, but he didn\u2019t want applause out of pity. (Gillis thought his joke about how individuals who have Down syndrome \u201caren\u2019t worried\u201d about the 2024 presidential election would \u201cget a bigger laugh\u201d than it did.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cDon\u2019t clap now, shut up,\u201d he told audience members. \u201cNo, I brought up Down syndrome and you always tell who\u2019s never been around Down syndrome when you bring it up. \u2026 People who have never been around it are like, \u2018Oh,\u2019 like, it\u2019s the end of the world. \u2018Are they doing OK?\u2019 Like, they\u2019re doing better than everybody I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p3\">Gillis was joined on Saturday by musical guest<strong> 21 Savage<\/strong>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/drake-claims-he-dated-sza-on-21-savage-song-mr-right-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">performed songs<\/a> \u201cShould\u2019ve Wore a Bonnet\/ Prove It\u201d and \u201cRedrum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Saturday Night Live<\/i> airs on NBC Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/snl-recap-comedian-shane-gillis-shouldnt-be-up-here-after-firing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Shane Gillis returned to Saturday Night Live on Saturday, February 24, for the first time in nearly five years. \u201cThank you very much. Yeah, I\u2019m here,\u201d Gillis, 36, began his SNL monologue. \u201cMost of you probably have no idea who I am. I was fired from this show a while ago. Don\u2019t look that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-78547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}